THE KEY TO SUCCESS: BUILDING SPEAKING COMPETENCE THROUGH PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) FOR REAL COMMUNICATION
ABSTRACT: Speaking is a
crucial part in English as a foreign language teaching and learning because the
success of English mastery can be measured if the students can speak in the
target language (Nunan: 2003). Unfortunately, although English has been taught
for many years in Indonesia, only a few of Indonesian students have a good
mastery in speaking. There are many challenges that the students face. These
include low mastery of English (pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar), high
use of mother tongue in English class, limited opportunities to explore the
students’ potentials in speaking, speaking activities were dominated by
talkative students, and students who are
not enthusiastic or interested in joining the speaking activities.
To improve this condition, Problem Based Learning (PBL) can be a good
alternative in teaching speaking. PBL is a motivating way to learn because
learners are involved in active learning and working with real problems and
what they have to learn in their class seen as important and relevant to their
own lives. Speaking is no longer a repetition of drills or memorization of
dialogue but it uses as a real communication.
This study is aimed at finding out whether the implementation of PBL improves
the students speaking competence. It will also describe the teaching and
learning conditions in which PBL is implemented in the classroom.
Penulis: Stella Prancisca
Kode Jurnal: jppendidikandd151794
