CRITICAL READING 1

Citation :

Efrizal, Dedi. (2012). Improving Students’ Speaking through Communicative Language Teaching Method at Mts Ja-alhaq, Sentot Ali Basa Islamic Boarding School of Bengkulu, Indonesia. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2(20), 127-133.

This article is discuss whether English language teaching can improve speaking skill at junior high school students. In the introduction part, the writer explain about the importance of speaking ability in our daily life. The writer also explain that most of students in Mts Ja-alhaq are not quite good at using english because of boring method that given by their teacher. 

In the review of literature part, the writer explain what communicative language teaching is. However, the information I get from the writer’s explanation is not that much because he does not mention what kinds of activities that included as CLT method.

In the research procedure, the writer explain that the research using cycle I, II, III and IV. Each cycle consist of five activities, those are : planning, acting, observing, reflecting and evaluating. However, the writer only explain about evaluating activity. I do not find the further explanation about the other three activities. In order to know the significance of communicative language teaching method, the researcher collected individual score at the end of each cycle by giving test to the students and there is a significant improvement in the last cycle. However, the writer does not explain what kind of test that used in the research.

As a conclusion, CLT method can improve students' speaking skill by motivate them to be active and minimize students’ problem in speaking english during teaching and learning process in classroom. When I become a teacher in the future, I will use CLT as one of teaching method in teaching and learning process.