Dewan Redaksi Jurnal Compound Vol. 1, No. 1

Vol. 1, No. 1, June 2013	C O M P O U N D	ISSN: 2338-4042
	Improving the Quality of English Education

PENASEHAT

Prof. Dr. Ferdinand, MS

Prof. Dr. Ir. Sih Winarti, MS

KETUA PENYUNTING

Dr. Maria Arina Luardini, MA

PENYUNTING PELAKSANA

Prof. Drs. Kumpiady Widen, MA., Ph.D

Drs. Arnusianto M. Mage, MA., Ph.D

Dr. Natalina Asi, MA

PELAKSANA TATA USAHA

Akhmad Fauzan, S.Pd., M.Pd

Aris Sugianto, S.Pd., M.Pd

REVIEWERS

Prof. Dr. Aron Meko Mbete  (Universitas Udayana)

Prof. Dr. Wahyuningsih Usadiati, M.Pd (Universitas Palangka Raya)

Dr. C. Yus Ngabut, M.Pd (Universitas Palangka Raya)

Dr. I Putu Sutama, MS (Universitas Udayana)

                                                                                                  

Analysis on the Questions in Teaching Speaking Skill

An Analysis on the Questions in Teaching Speaking Skill

 in SMAN 6 Palangka Raya

Ronna Karasih

Graduate Program in English Education

Palangka Raya University

Abstract

       This research is about questions imposed by the teachers in teaching speaking skill in SMAN 6 Palangka Raya. Questionning is important aspect in maintaining classroom interaction. The purpose of this study is to find out what type of questions are mostly teachers of English in engaging the students during teaching speaking skill. Another is to find out which types of questions are mostly effective in engaging the students.

      The research was conducted using qualitative method. Two of English teachers of SMAN 6 Palangka Raya were the subject of the study. The data were the questions forms which were orally imposed by the teachers of English during teaching speaking skill. Another data were from the relevant answers from the students towards the teachers’ questions. All of these data were transcribed. The length of utterances in words of relevant responses were counted to determined the effectiveness of the questions.

       The analysis showed that the teachers of English used 106 open questions and 104 closed questions during teaching speaking skill. The most effective question to engage the students during teaching speaking skill is open question. The counting  length of utterance in words of relevant responses from the students towards the questions were in range from 6 – 28 words.

Keywords: Questions, teaching, speaking. 

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The Students’ Learning Strategies in Developing Their English Speaking Skill

The Students’ Learning Strategies 
in Developing Their English Speaking Skill:

A Case Study of the Best Students of English Education Study Program  

of Palangka Raya University

Nisa Ardawati

Graduate Program in English Education

Palangka Raya University

Abstract

       This study mainly aimed at a study concerning the learning strategies used by the students of English Education Study Program in developing speaking skill. Therefore, this study included three objectives: (1) to examine what kind of language learning strategies employed or used by the best students associated with speaking skill. (2)to classify what language learning strategies that they employed most frequently for developing their speaking skill. (3) to describe how they used their language learning strategies for developing their speaking skill. 
       This study would focus on English Education Study Program Students who had taken Speaking 1 and 2 lectures only. The parameter involved the students who were good at Speaking based on their A score in Speaking 1 and 2 consistently.
       This study used a case study employing a questionnaire and individual interviews to elicit data. Those data were investigated to get information about what kinds of learning strategies were used by the students in developing their speaking skill. The learning strategies are adopted from Oxford (1990), they were: memory strategies, cognitive strategies, compensation strategies, metacognitive strategies, affective strategies, social strategies.

Keywords: developing, speaking, learning, language strategies, best students.

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