THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVERSATION CARDS TO IMPROVE EFL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS

Rahmad, Jalaludin (2024) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVERSATION CARDS TO IMPROVE EFL STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS. Undergraduate thesis, UWGM Samarinda.

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ABSTRACT Rahmad, Jalaluddin, 2025. The Implementation of Conversation Cards to Improve EFL Students’ Speaking Skills. Bachelor Thesis of English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Widya Gama Mahakam Samarinda. Advisors: (I) Dr. Abdul Rohman, M.Pd. (II) Godefridus Bali Geroda, M.Pd. The aim of this study was to describe how the implementation of conversation cards could improve the speaking skills of EFL students, specifically in the areas of accuracy, fluency, pronunciation and intonation, and vocabulary. The subjects of this study were the students of X-7 in SMA Negeri 5 Samarinda in the 2023/2024 academic year. The total number of students was 34, consisting of 13 males and 21 females. The research design used classroom action research (CAR), consisting of two cycles. The study utilized a pretest, posttest, and documentation as its instruments. The researcher collected quantitative data from the pretest and the posttest. The study analyzed the test scores to measure speaking skills and compared improvements using mean scores and percentages. The success criteria adhered to KKTP (Kriteria Ketercapaian Tujuan Pembelajaran). In the precycle, the average pretest score was 56.62, with 8 students passing the KKTP and 26 failing. After cycle one, the average score increased to 76.1; 23 passed, and 11 failed. In the cycle two, it increased to 82.9, with 30 passing and 4 failing. This proved that the results met the success criteria. Therefore, the implementation of conversation cards could improve the speaking skills of EFL students. Keywords: Conversation Cards, EFL Students, Speaking Skills, KKTP

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