The Analysis of Article Journal

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Now, i would like to share about my analysis of article journal titled "The Use of Role Play to Improve Teaching Speaking" by Arham R, Abdul Hakim Yassi, and Burhanudin Arafah.

1. The Abstract
          From an article journal that i have read, i found that the researcher provided the purpose. (1) The nursing student's interest in learning English through Role Play for developing speaking skill; (2) The significance of  student's achievement in speaking performance after learning English through role play.  In the abstract there are also provided the method, the sample, the result and the keyword.

2. The Introduction
          In the introduction, the researcher mention the background of the article journal such as the background of English Speaking Skill, Developing Good Quality of Teaching and Role Play. In this case the writer proposes the study on "Implementing Role Play to Improve Nursing Students' Speaking Performance at Stikes Amanah Makassar.

3. The Research Method
-Research location and design
  This research took  place at STIKES Amanah Makassar. This research applied a quasi experimental study, that involves two groups, experimental group and control group.
-Population and Sample
  The population of this research were the nursing students at Stikes Amanah Makassar which the total population of nursing students in this academic year is 286 students, but the number of sample was  60 students.
-Data Collection
  In collecting data, there are three instruments that the researcher used: speaking, questionnaire, and interview.
-Data Analysis
  The students’ speaking performances were scored based on four aspects which are fluency, accuracy, pronunciation, and vocabulary.
-Research Findings
  The researcher found that the data collected through pre-test and post-test as shows that the students’performance of the two groups improves significantly.
-Students’ Response
  The data findings indicate that the highest rank of the mean score is 47% of strongly agree students. The second is 40,50 % agree students. There is 10,17 undecided, 1.3% disagree and 0.17 strongly disagree.

4. The Result and Discussion
          The result from the pre-test and post-test demonstrated a significant improvement in the quality of the student's speaking performance in the experimental class while the quality of student's speaking performance in control condition was slightly improved.  This implies that the students in both groups gained in the speaking performance, but those in the experimental condition gained more. It is indicated that role play as designed properly improves the students’ speaking performance significantly.

5. The Conclusion
          In the conclusion, the researcher stated "Role Play strategy is approved effective to improve students' interest to speak English in the  nursing classroom. The students who studied through role play show significant improvement in their speaking performance on the post test."


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