The use of snake and ladder game to develop students' understanding of direct-indirect speech : a classroom action research at the tenth grade of MA Matholibul Huda Mlonggo Jepara in the academic year of 2015/2016

Albaniyah, Nuraini (2016) The use of snake and ladder game to develop students' understanding of direct-indirect speech : a classroom action research at the tenth grade of MA Matholibul Huda Mlonggo Jepara in the academic year of 2015/2016. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang.

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Abstract

The background of this study was based on the phenomenon that most of students still didn’t understand about reported speech. They were confused what direct and indirect speech are and how to report someone said. They also got difficulties in changing direct speech into indirect or indirect speech into direct speech. This study concerns with the use of snakes and ladders game as a medium to develop students’ understanding of direct indirect speech. The purposes of this study are to show how the implementation of snakes and laddders game as a medium and to show whether snakes and ladders game gives contribution to develop students’ understanding of direct indirect speech.
The problem of this research can be stated as follow: 1) How is the implementation of snakes and ladders game to develop students’ uderstanding of direct-indirect speech. 2) Can the snake and ladder game develop students’ understanding of direct and direct speech. The purpose of study are: 1). To know the implementation of snakes and ladders game to develop students’ uderstanding of direct-indirect speech. 2) To know the development of students’ understanding of direct-indirect speech.
In this study, the researcher conducted a Classroom Action Research as the research methodology. The data were obtained by using test and observation. Test used to measure students’ achievement in learning direct-indirect speech and obervation used to know the implementation of snakes and ladders game and obstacles during teaching learning process.
This result showed that Snakes and Ladders game encouraged students’ participation during teaching learning process and develop students’ understanding of direct-indirect speech. It can be seen the average of each cycle. Before teacher taught direct-indirect speech by using Snakes and ladders game, the average is 3.78. After teacher taught direct-indirect speech by using Snakes and Ladders game, students’ understanding in direct-indirect speech was developed. It can be seen the average students in each cycle. In the first cycle, the average score of students is 6.78. In the second cycle, the average score of students is 8.6. Students’ partisipation in preliminary reseacrh was only 45%. Then, it increased to 58% in first cycle. Increasing up to 78% in second cycle.
The conclution is the use of snake and ladder game could develop students’ understanding of direct-indirect speech. That game is also probably appropiate to others subject.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate (S1))
Uncontrolled Keywords: Media pembelajaran; Snake and ledder game; Direct-indirect speech; Tata bahasa Inggris
Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 370 Education > 371 School management; special education > 371.3 Metode, kegiatan belajar mengajar; metode pembelajaran
400 Language > 420 English and Old English > 425 English grammar
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan > Tadris > 88203 - Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Nur Rohmah
Date Deposited: 16 Nov 2016 01:41
Last Modified: 22 May 2021 03:27
URI: https://eprints.walisongo.ac.id/id/eprint/6084

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