IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL BY USING PICTURE FOR THE FIRST GRADE STUDENTS IN SMPN 1 BINJAI HULU

Karmilawati, 2021, Improving Speaking Skill By Using Picture For First Grade Students At SMPN 1 Binjai Hulu . Thesis, English Departement. Faculty of language and literature. English Language Education Study Program STKIP Persada Khatulistiwa Sintang. Advisor 1: Tuti, M.Pd. Advisor 2: Yokie Prasetya Dharma, M.Pd. B.I Keywords: Pictures, Speaking, Teaching The title of this research is Improving Student Speaking Skill By Using Picture For The First Grade At SMPN 1 Binjai Hulu. Based on the results of pre- observations and interviews guideline from English teacher first grade A class at SMPN 1 Binjai Hulu. The researcher found problems with students, especially speaking skill. This research was aim to find out the teaching process using pictures can improving students speaking skills. The students describe response toward teaching speaking using pictures in the class. The research design of this research used Classroom Action Research (CAR). The subjects in this research were seventeen students first grade A class at SMPN 1 Binjai Hulu. The instruments used to collect the data were observation sheet, speaking test, questionnaire, and interview guideline for English teacher and the students. The result in this research was analyzed based on the scoring procedure of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. The result showed that the students score speaking test in cycle 1 and cycle 2. In cycle 1, the result of post-test in cycle 1 was 2.6. There were 7 students were poor in their score. In cycle 2, the result of post-test in cycle 2 showed that the students had the improvement, the students was that 3.16 score. The action research showed that the students were successful by using picture.