THE USE OF WORDLIST IN IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING ABILITY

Abstract

This research was aimed at finding out whether or not the use of wordlist can improve the speaking skill of the eleventh grade students at Pondok Pesantren Modern Al-Istiqamah. Total number of sample was 10 students. The study indicated that the students have positive opinion on the role of bringing wordlist in students‟ daily activity in using English. This is shown by result of test that 80% students strongly agreed about wordlist effectiveness in their speaking ability. The use of wordlist also opened their mind about learning English was fun and naturally, and had a big expectation towards English for being one of their English learning media legally. The researcher concluded that learning English, particularly in speaking, was very effective, innovative, and facilitating the students to have a new way in learning English. It means that the use of wordlist can significantly improve the students‟ speaking ability.

Keywords: wordlist; improving; speaking ability.