Gusnita Ernawati , 2201405503 (2011) Paper Folding” as A Medium in Teaching Speaking to Young Learners ( An Action Research at the Fifth Grade Students of State Elementary School 01 Mojolawaran Gabus, Pati in the Academic Year 2011/2012). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project was conducted to explain and describe the use of Paper Folding as a medium in teaching speaking to the fifth grade students of State Elementary School 01 Mojolawaran and to know the students‟ behavior changes in learning after using paper folding. The subject of this study was the fifth grade students of State Elementary School 01 Mojolawaran which consisted of 29 students. In gathering the data, the writer used students‟ observation checklist and questionnaire. This study was conducted in the form of classroom action research. The writer divided the treatment into two cycles; they were cycle 1 and cycle 2. Based on the students‟ observation checklist, there were many improvements in students‟ behavior during the teaching learning process. In cycle 1 and cycle 2 there were 29 students who were present. In cycle 1 there were only 8 students who asked question to the teacher, while in cycle 2 there were 20 students who asked questions about the material actively. Students‟ participation in answering questions from the teacher also improved. There were only 10 students who answered teacher‟s questions in cycle 1, while in cycle 2 there were 19 students who answered the teacher‟s question correctly. All students did the activities given by the teacher very well. All students paid attention during the teaching learning process of cycle 1 to cycle 2. They were also cooperative enough in the class by showing good attitude when the teacher delivered the lesson. From the result of students‟ observation checklist the writer concludes that the use of paper folding can improve the students‟ behavior. The result of questionnaire also showed that the students‟ interest toward paper folding was high. To support the data result the writer also gave speaking test to the students. Based on the speaking test results, the writer concluded that the students‟ speaking achievements also improved after using paper folding as a medium. The impact of paper folding itself in improving the students‟ speaking skill could be shown by the use of this activity in this research. By paper folding the students could learn about how to give instruction correctly and respond to it clearly both verbally and in action. The students could also learn about how to pronounce words correctly, how to speak fluently and comprehensibly. From the findings the writer concluded that there was a contribution of paper folding to teach speaking to the students.

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