ACTION RESEARCH : IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPOKEN INTERACTIONS THROUGH POSTER SESSION

• Main Author: Seftika Seftika
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Pringsewu 2015-10-01
• Series: Jurnal Smart
• Online Access: https://ejournal.umpri.ac.id/index.php/smart/article/view/120
• ISSN: 2356-2048; 2356-203X

<p class="western" lang="en-US" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong>Abstract</strong></span></p><p class="western" align="center"> </p><p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>Spoken interaction is beneficial in learning a language. In fact the classrooom interaction did not take place well</em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>. Due </em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>to the lack of students’ interaction, this study aimed to improve </em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>students’ </em></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>spoken </em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>interaction</em></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em> through Poster Session. A classroom action research was carried out at the </em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>English major </em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>students at the </em></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>fourth semester of STKIP Muhammadiyah Pringsewu Lampung.</em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>In collecting the data the researcher used observation, test, and documentation. The data collected were analyzed and synthesized both qualitatively and quantitatively,</em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em> and </em></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>then meaning and interpretation were built to know clearly the process </em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em>which </em></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>was</em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em> occurred during the research. </em></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>The results indicate that there is improvement of Students’ spoken interaction using Poster Session. Poster Session facilitates students to practise English spoken interaction, it enhances them to be involved in learner-learner interaction. Due to the fact that their interaction is great, it influences their speaking skill. </em></span></span></p><p class="western" align="justify"> </p><p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em><strong>Key Words: </strong></em></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="id-ID"><em>Interaction, speaking, Poster Session</em></span></span></p>