%A 1513042092 Nafisah Yunda Safitri
%T THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AUDIO-LINGUAL METHOD IN
TEACHING SPEAKING TO THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF

SMPN 1 GADINGREJO PRINGSEWU
%X The aims of this research were to find out an improvement of students? speaking
ability after the implementation of Audio-lingual Method and to find out their
perceptions toward the method. This research was conducted at SMPN 1
Gadingrejo Pringsewu in academic year 2018/2019 with a total sample of 32
second grade students. The data were collected by using a speaking test in the
form of dialogue and interviews. To analyse the quantitative data, a T-Test was
run while a descriptive analysis was applied to the qualitative data. The results
showed that there was improvement of students? speaking ability after the
implementation of Audio-lingual Method. The students also agreed that this
method was easy to follow that they enjoyed and understood the lesson more
easily. It can be inferred that Audio-lingual Method makes a positive impact to
students? speaking ability.
Keywords: Audio-lingual Method, teaching speaking, students? perceptions
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2019
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%L eprints57844