JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION GAP TECHNIQUE TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION

Penulis : Asrobi, M1, Seken, K2, Suarnajaya, W3

Key words: Information Gap, Achievement Motivation, and Speaking Ability

Jurnal Penelitian | JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION GAP TECHNIQUE TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION | In recent years, English language teaching has focused on teaching the language rather than teaching about the language. The emphasis is not only on linguistic competence of the language learners but also on the development of their communicative ability. Richards and Rodgers (2001: 153) point out that learner should learn how to use the language spontaneously and flexibly in order to express their intended message and should be placed in situations where they must use language as an instrument for satisfying communicative needs, where the criterion for success is functional effectiveness rather than structural accuracy.

Speaking as one of the basic language skills requires communicative competence including pronunciation (intonation, stress, and pitch), grammar, vocabulary, fluency, accuracy, and comprehension skill which are needed to build a good communication. These elements are needed to measure the capability of the students in speaking using appropriate technique. 

Brown (1994: 103) states that speaking is a skill in producing oral language which occurs when two or more people interact with each other aiming at maintaining social relationship between them. Moreover, as Widowson (1994) has assured us, speaking is the active production skill and use of oral production. Speaking is a major skill to be learned by learners of English as a foreign language in Indonesia. In relation to the importance of English language in all aspects of life today, Indonesia as a developing country has an educational curriculum which includes the instruction of English as one of the important subjects to be taught from Junior high school to university level. As English is a compulsory subject in school, the Indonesian government always develops the English lesson in school. The purpose is to make it easy for the students to learn and to use it every day.

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JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION GAP TECHNIQUE TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION