THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
USING DIRECT METHOD TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
Human being
needs each other. As a social culture, human needs to communicate with language
as a means
of communication with
other people. Language
is used by people
to express and receive some information, message, emotions and so on. There are
many kinds of languages used by people such as English, Dutch, India, French,
Spanish, Arab, Indonesia, etc. It depends on where the people live. English is
a foreign language in Indonesia.
One of
the ways of
communication is through
speaking. For most
people, mastering ―the art‖ of speaking is the single most important
aspect of learning a second or
foreign language, and
success is measured
in terms of
the ability to
carry out a conversation in the language (Fauziati,
2008: 126).
Nowadays
English is an important language. It is the key to international currency of technology,
science, as well
as commerce. As
an international language,
English has gained its popularity all over the world
including Indonesia. In the past English was only taught in high school. In
current years, the teaching of English is expanding into primary schools.
English
consists of four basic skills that students must master, they are speaking, writing, reading
and listening. The
first skill is
speaking, it controls
to learn and to
develop of an
individual‘s personality. The
second one is
writing, it is
a partial representation of units
of language expression. This is the chief means by which thought, ideas and
knowledge are preserved. The third is reading, it is to grasp language patterns?????????????????????????????????
