%0 Journal Article
%A 0743042038, Selvia Wuri Handayani
%D 2012
%F eprints:17297
%J Digital Library
%T IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH  INFORMATION GAP TECHNIQUE AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMAN 3  BANDAR LAMPUNG
%U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/17297/
%X Abstract    Speaking is one of the important ability of language, because by having a good  ability in speaking, the students can communicate fluently. So they are able to  express the idea, work out in some aspects and maintain social relationship by  communicating with others in the society. In fact there are still many students who  have difficulty to spell the English words and ask the teacher to give the right  sentence in English during the speaking activities.  The objectives of this research were to find out how the improvement of students’  speaking ability, the improvement of students’ participation and the quality of  teacher performance after being taught through Information Gap Technique. This  research was conducted based on the classroom action research (CAR) method.  The subject of research was the class X.2 of SMAN 3 Bandar Lampung.  This research was conducted in two cycles. The indicator of the result showed that  in cycle 1, there were only 16 or (53.3%) students whose speaking scores had  achieved the target of the indicator (KKM) 70 or more. However to fulfill the  indicator for learning product that is, 75% of the students must be able to get 70 or  more for their speaking test score. So the indicator had not been fulfilled yet in the  first cycle and the next cycle must be conducted. From the data in cycle 2, there  were 23 or (76.6%) students whose speaking scores achieved from the target..  This means that the students were able to comprehend the material given, in  which they could do the test about 75%. Reffering to the result of this research,  Information Gap Technique is applicable to improve the students’ speaking  ability, students participation and the quality of teacher performance in the class  X.2 of SMAN 3 Bandar Lampung.