IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING CROSS
TALK IN EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS’
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Following discusses about the background of the study,
formulation of the research problem, the purpose of the study, significance of
the study, definition of key term, and the organization of the study.
A.
Background of the Study
There are four major skills to
be competent in a language. They are
listening, speaking, writing, and reading (Johnson,2013:269). In studying
English students need to understand how to use the language. To achieve this
aim, teacher should apply his or her teaching directly towards the development
of the students’ competence in all language skills
in a meaningful context. This means that
English should be taught side by side
with the appropriate vocabulary and grammar as well as
pronunciation and spelling.
Speaking is one of English skill to communicate with others.
Speaking is very important to people especially
for students. It is an important element
of communication. According to Brown (2010:140),
speaking is a productive skill that can be
directly and empirically observed. There are
five components that should be mastered by
the students in order to be good in
speaking. There are fluency, pronunciation,
comprehension, vocabulary and grammar (Brown,2010:172-173).
In addition, speaking is one of skill
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