Using Pair Taping Technique to Improve Students’ Fluency and Accuracy in Speaking English at Grade XI of Office Administration 2 of SMK Nusatama Padang

Speaking is one of the important skills in language learning, but it was found that the students’ of grade XI of office administration 2 of SMK Nusatama Padang had problems in speaking English. Most of the students had difficulties to share their ideas in English and afraid of making mistakes. The aims of the research are to find out whether students’ fluency and accuracy in speaking English can be improved by using pair taping technique and to gain information the factors which cause the improvement. This research was classroom action research. The research was done in 3 cycles. In conducting the research, the researcher was assisted by a collaborator in doing plan, action, observation, and reflection. Besides that, the researcher used speaking test, observation sheets, field notes, and interview guides as the instruments in this research. The data in this research were analyzed by using two techniques. The quantitative data were analyzed by using the formula of mean score to see the average score gained by the students in pair in speaking test. Meanwhile, the qualitative data were analyzed through data gotten from observation, field notes, and interview. The findings of this research showed that the students’ fluency and accuracy in speaking English improved through the use of pair taping technique in teaching speaking in the classroom activity. At the first cycle, it was found that the average score of students’ speaking test is low. Because this result was not satisfied yet, the research was continued to the second cycle. Some improvements toward the teaching and learning process were done to solve the weakness found during the first cycle. In the second cycle, the average score of students’ speaking test increased slightly and continue increased significantly in cycle 3. There were some factors that influenced the changes of students’ speaking ability such as; pair work, media, teacher’s roles, and materials. Based on the changes and the facts of this, the researcher could conclude that using pair taping technique could improve the students’ speaking English at grade XI of office administration 2 of SMK Nusatama Padang.