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Abstract
The aim of this research was to find out the first grade students’ speaking ability in
asking & giving opinion at SMPN 11 Padang. The design of this research was
descriptive. The population of this research was 224 students of the first grade of SMPN
11 Padang who are registered in 2016/2017 academic year. The researcher used
convenience sampling technique in taking the sample. It means the sample was the
students who present at the time. The instrument used was speaking test. The coefficient
correlation index of the test was 0.85, it means that the test was reliable. The result of
this study showed that the students’ speaking ability in Asking & giving opinion was
high. It was supported by the data that 50% students had high ability, in specific,
students’ ability in expression content is low, it is supported by the data that 97%
students had low ability, students ability in appropriate vocabulary is high, it is
supported by the data that 100% students’ had high ability, students’ ability in using
grammar is high, it is supported by the data that 57% students had high ability,
students’ ability in fluency is low, it is supported by the data that 53% students’ had low
ability and students’ability in pronunciation is low, it is supported by the data that 90%
students had low ability. Based on the result, the researchers gives suggestion for the
teacher to maintain students’ ability and also improve it. English teachers are
suggested to improve their students’ speaking ability in asking and giving opinion
through giving more practices in speaking especially asking and giving opinions. For
the next researchers by having the result of this research, the researcher suggested them
to find out the students’ difficulties in expressing of asking & giving opinion. Especially
in content, fluency and pronunciation.
Keywords : Speaking, ability, component
When someone speaks it must be listened sharing meaning through the use of verbal
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or oral form (Chaney:1998:13). By Asking & giving thing, asking & giving
communicating, people are able to change help, expression likes and dislike, asking &
the ideas, so that they can know the giving fact and asking & giving opinion. In
crucial part of the foreign language students are hoped to be able to express their
people should be able to speak English as a research was to describe the first grade
English we can understand what the foreign giving opinions at junior high school
people say and then get well communication eleven padang. Specially the specific
with other people in the world. Thus, purposes of this research are :
speaking English is an important subject in
1. To describe of the first grade students’
the education. In fact, every school in
speaking ability to use content in asking
Indonesia has English subject. The
and giving opinion at SMPN 11 Padang?
government also obligates students to learn
English in many level of education, from 2. To describe of the first grade students’
junior high school, senior high school until speaking ability to use grammar in asking
university levels. Learning English covers and giving opinion at SMPN 11 Padang?
4. To describe of the first grade students’ In this research, the researcher chose
The design of this research was the researcher used convenience sampling
descriptive method. Gay (1987: 189) states to select a number of sample. The total
Then, the students were asked to perform y = The scores given by the second
speaking dialogue.
in the understand.
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dialogue. 2. 80%
15 pronounced
2. There was
one expression words are
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giving opinion.
3. The researcher classified the
Related to the data, the highest
students ability by using KKM in which
possible score of the test was 100 and the
KKM is 78, as
lowest one is 5. Based on the data analysis,
follows.
the highest score that has been gotten by
≥ 78 Good ability
the students is 95 and the lowest one is
< 78 Bad ability 57.5 (see appendix 5). After calculating the
R = The sum of the students 15 students (50%) have high ability and 15
who had good, and bad ability students (50%) have low ability (see
The first grade students’ speaking In term of choosing and using the
who have less than 15.6 classified into low The first grade students’ speaking
ability. The results of the data analysis ability to use grammar in expressing of
showed that there is only 1 students (3%) asking and giving opinion
5. Based on the criterion of scoring, the who have more than 15.6 score were
highest score that has gotten by students is classified into high ability and students
20 and the lowest one is 5. After who have less than 15.6 classified into low
calculating the average score from scorer 1 ability. The results of the data analysis
and scorer 2, based on the school criterion showed that there are 14 students (47%)
of SMPN 11 Padang, the researcher who have high ability and 16 students
classified the students’ ability into high (53%) who have low ability.
ability or low ability. Students who have In term of students’ fluency, the
more than 15.6 score were classified into highest possible score is 20 and the lowest
high ability and students who have less one is 5. The result of the data analysis
than 15.6 classified into low ability. The showed that the highest score that has
researcher found that there were 17 gotten by students is 20 and the lowest one
students (57%) who had high ability and is 5. After calculating the average score
13 students (43%) who had low ability. from scorer 1 and scorer 2, the researcher
The first grade students’ speaking (100%) in expressing of asking and giving
ability to express the content in opinion. It means that they can use
The students ability in content was Leoni : What do you think about our new
were difficult to express content. referring Nella : I think she is beautiful and friendly.
X : What do you think about student are familiar with the topic because
Bukittinggi? they have learnt it. So, it was easy for them
From the example above, the The first grade students’ speaking
students’ are already used the function and ability to pronounce words in expressing
words class correctly. For example the of asking and giving opinion
The first grade students’ fluency ability best on the spelling like reading
expressing of asking and giving opinion students pronounce it / “pikstur” , but the
unsure of their ability. For example :”in my 1. In general the first grade students’
look-it look”. The correct one is speak & giving opinion are 15 (50%) high and
example, we know that the students repeat 2. The first grade students` speaking
the syllabels many times and distract the ability to express the topic (content) in
meaning for the hearers. So the students’ expression of asking & giving opinion it
fluency ability was low. was low. It was supported by the fact;
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3. The first grade students` speaking researcher had some suggestions for the
was supported by the fact; there were 17 1. For the English teacher
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