%A Agiska Prana Citra 0643042002
%T INCREASING STUDENTS? SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH SIMON SAYS
GAME AT THE SECOND YEAR OF SMPN 3 PRINGSEWU 
%X The objectives of this research were to find out whether Pattern Drills technique : 
1. is applicable to increase the students? speaking ability; 2. to improve the
students? participation during the teaching learning process; 3. to improve the
quality of teachers? teaching performance. The research was conducted at SMPN
3 Pringsewu to the students of second grade in academic year 2011/2012 which
consisted of 37 students.

This classroom action research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted
of planning, action, observation and interpretation, analysis and reflection. The
researcher used indicators dealing with the learning product which covered the
students? score and learning process which covered the students? participation
during the teaching learning process and the teacher?s teaching performance. The
result should that the students? score reached 65, the score for teacher?s teaching
performance should 80 and 80% for the students? participation. To collect the data
of the learning process and learning product, the writer used speaking test and
observation as the instruments.

Based on the students? test it can be seen in cycle I, only 13 students (48%) could
get the score of ?65. Meanwhile, after cycle 2 had been conducted, 26 students
(96%) passed the KKM (Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal). For the learning process, 
the students activities improved, from the cycle I, 17 students (63%) do ?80% and
in cycle 2, 26 students (96%) do ?80%. Meanwhile, for the teacher?s teaching
performance, the teacher got score of 62 in cycle I, and then she got 89 in cycle 2.
Referring to the result of the research above, it could be concluded that Simon
says game was applicable to improve the students? speaking ability, the students?
participation during the teaching learning process and teacher?s teaching
performance.
%D 2012
%I Universitas Lampung
%L eprints11673