IMPROVING THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY BY USING STAD AT SMKN 5 JEMBER

Abstract

Speaking is important because it reflects to the student knowledge about English. Based on
the result of preliminary study, most of them have problems with confidentiality, because
they still have low competence in English speaking. Therefore, it is necessary to apply the
STAD method to be taught in speaking class, because STAD can solve the students’ problem
that is problem from themselves. Also, STAD helps students from their social life and
relationships with others. STAD is one of method in cooperative learning that consist of five
components in implementing the method, those are class presentation, team, quiz, individual
progress score and team recognition.
The problem of this research is how can Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD)
improve tenth grade students’ speaking ability at SMKN 5 Jember in 2015-2016 Academic
Year?, while the objective is to find out how STAD method can improve the speaking ability
of the tenth grade students of SMKN 5 Jember.
In cycle 1, the percentage of students who could achieve the standard minimum score 70 is
51% and in cycle 2, the students who achieve the minimum standard score 70 is 82%.
Based on the research result, it can be concluded that STAD can improve the students’
speaking ability at SMKN 5 Jember by dividing the students into group that consist of 4-5
member, it represented the education level in each group and discussing with their group.
The leader or the smartest of each group helped the member who had difficulties in some
part of English speaking.
Key Words: Speaking ability, Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD)