The Implementation of Self-Directed Learning to Improve Speaking Skill for the First Year Students of SMA Negeri 1 Karang Baru

This study conducted in order to improve students’ speaking skill for the first year students of SMA Negeri 1 Karang Baru through self-directed learning. This study is related to the result of preliminary study showed that the students were still poor in English speaking skill especially in giving monolog text. This study focuses on procedure text. This study used a classroom action research (CAR) which is conducted to solve the students’ problem in English speaking.The classroom action research was done by based on Arikunto design. The writer did two cycles in which each cycle consist of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The subject of this study was X-6 students of SMA Negeri 1 Karang Baru. The numbers of students were twenty nine students. The data were gathered through quantitative data. The data were obtained from the data students’ speaking score of pre-test and post-test and observation. The analyzing data used descriptive (percentage). The finding of this study indicated that the implementation of self-directed learning was successful since the criteria of success were achieved. The criterion was 72% of students could pass the target score ≥ 72 based on the KKM or in other hand, if the students’ improvements in each cycle pass 30% from the pre- test and the observation result in each cycle pass 20%, so the next action will be stop. The finding showed that 79.31% of students had already achieved the target score.