Abstract:
This study is entitled the Application of Reporting Back Strategy to Increase the Speaking Ability of the Second Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Duri in Recount Text. The objective of this research is to know whether the technique of Reporting Back Strategy can improve the speaking ability of the second year students of SMP Negeri 1 Duri in recount text. In this study, the writer implemented two cycles, each of which cycle consisted of Plannning, Action, Observation, and Reflection. The treatment was designed in two meetings in each cycle. To identify the competence of the students, the writer used Pre-test and Post-tests. Besides there were some observation sheets and field notes used to record the classroom activity during implementing Reporting Back Strategy in speaking. The subjects were 25 students from class VIII.D of SMP Negeri 1 Duri that were selected randomly. After two cycles of the Reporting Back Strategy treatment, the writer found the subjects good at speaking in each post-tests. In the end of the cycles, the writer found that 100 % of the students have reached the minimum criteria of achievement score of English subject in speaking recount text. In addition, during performing Reporting Back Strategy, the students’ activeness increased from the first until the last meeting. As the results of this study, the observation sheets and field notes attested that the students gained positive progress and that this speaking strategy could encourage them to speak and make the class more fascinating.
