IMPROVING THE
STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH CUE CARD
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Language as the
tool of communication has an important role to reveal an intention to someone
else. People will be able to express their thought and feeling by using
language. Language, communication and life can not be separated. Language can
be applied in many aspects, such as: education, society, politics, economics,
and culture. One of the ways in communication is through speaking.
Speaking is one
of the important and essential skills that must be practised to communicate
orally. By speaking people are able to know what kinds of situations the world.
People who have ability in speaking will be better in sending and receiving
information or message to another. Speaking is the process of building and
sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non verbal symbol in various
contexts.
According to Stevick
(1982: 103) speaking refers to the gap between linguistic expertise and
teaching methodology. Linguistic expertise concerns with language structure and
language content. Teaching speaking is not like listening, reading, and
writing. It needs habit formation because it is a real communication. The
speaking needs to be practiced as often as?????
