Wuri Kusumastuti Prima, , 2201408045 (2012) Game Questions to Teach Open Debate as the Realization of Hortatory Exposition Text (A Classroom Action Research at Grade XI IPS 1 Students of SMA Negeri 1 Gemolong, Sragen in The Academic Year of 2011/2012. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project examines the use of game questions to teach open debate as the realization of hortatory exposition text. The aims of the research are: 1) describing the improvement of students from grade XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 1 Gemolong, Sragen in making arguments by using game questions, 2) showing the strengths and weaknesses of game questions in teaching open debate as the realisation of hortatory exposition text. The significants of this research are: 1) theoretically, the study will provide literary review for the further research. 2) Practically, the study expectedly will improve the ability of teacher to get other techniques in teaching speaking of hortatory exposition text. Thus, it minimizes the monotonous of teacher in teaching speaking. It also gives input and information for the English teacher candidate about how to teach speaking of hortatory exposition communicatively for Senior High School students and finally they can apply it in learning and teaching process. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, I designed a classroom action research that was done from March 14th 2012 to April 6th 2012. There were nine meetings in this study including pre research, cycle 1 and cycle 2. The subject of the research is the grade XI IPS 1 students of SMA Negeri 1 Gemolong, Sragen in the Academic Year of 2011/2012. The numbers of the population are 26 students. The instruments used to obtain the data were test, questionaire, and observation checklist. The result of the study showed that the speaking achievement of the XI IPS 1 students of SMA Negeri 1 Gemolong, Sragen in the Academic Year of 2011/2012 that was improved. The increase point of students’ improvement in doing the pre-test and the cycle 1 test was 19.6 points, the different result of cycle 1 test and the cycle 2 test was 5.6 points and the different result between pre-test and cycle 2 post test was 25.2 points. Based on questionaire and and observation check list, the students’ interest during teaching and learning process by using game questions as alternative technique was high; since most students gave positive responses in teaching learning process or in questionaire. In line with the result, game questions can be used to improve the students’ skill in making arguments of open debate as the realisation of hortatory exposition text. It can be proved by the increasement points of the test, positive response of questionaire, and possitive behaviour that can be seen from the observation check list. In this study, I suggest the teachers should be able to use the alternative media, method, or technique to improve students’ interest in the process of learning English lesson especially in spoken the hortatory exposition text. The use of questions game as alternative media is one of the ways to achieve this goal. Since students need enjoyable and not monotonous learning experiences.

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