| dc.description.abstract | This thesis is a study about Improving Speaking Ability Through Community Language Learning of The Eleventh Grade Students At SMK Negeri 5 Medan. This study is intended to find out whether Community Language Learning can improve significantly students’ speaking ability. Community Language Learning is very important in teaching learning process because they give students an opportunity to practice communicating in different social context in different social rules, Community Language Learning can be set up so that they are very structured or in a less structured way. This study is conducted by using Class Action Research. The subject of this study was the second grade students of SMK Negeri 5 Medan. The sample of the study is the students XI-TPM1 consisting 30 students. The techniques of the analysis are quantitative and qualitative data. The instrument used in this study was speaking test and the qualitative data are observation sheet and interview. Based on observation sheets and interview, the students are active to follow the teaching learning process in the second cycle, and the students’ speaking test result improved in every test. In orientation test score was 50,83, in the test cycle I the mean score was 61,83 and the mean score in test cycle II was 72,5. Based on the data which had been analyzed, it can be concluded that there was a significant improvement of students’ speaking ability through Community Language Learning. These following suggestions are directed for the students of English Department, it is suggested to know or learn kinds of method so they are easier to express their ideas and for the teachers, it would be better using some of the method and asked the students to make a conversation based on the time sequence. The teacher is suggested to make variation technique for students to improve students’ speaking ability and, so the students interested in the speaking English. | en_US |
