Improving Students‘ Speaking Skill in Learning Procedure Text by Applying Project-Based Learning Model

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to find out the effectiveness of using the ProjectBased Learning model to improve students‘ speaking skills in learning procedure text. Preexperimental design was used as a research model and using a one-group pretest-posttest
design. The population in this study were all Class XII students of SMAN 1 Tanjung Brebes.
The sample was 34 students of Class XII MIPA 6 as the experimental group. The results of
the research showed that the percentage increase in pronunciation was 36.88%, vocabulary
58.03%, grammar 51.30%, and fluency 38.07%. Based on the findings, the application of
Project-Based Learning (PjBL) had a positive influence on the speaking skills of Class XII
students of MIPA 6 at SMA Negeri 1 Tanjung. The students had some difficulty
completing the project on procedure text, but when they studied and worked in groups and
were guided by the teacher‘s evaluation, they were able to gradually improve their skills