IMPROVING
SPEAKING PROFICIENCY BY USING REACT
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Teaching English in our country has been developing extensively
because English function as an international language. Therefore, Indonesia
government has brought it into school curriculum from elementary school up to
university. English in our education program has become compulsory subject.
Start from junior high school up to university. Even today, some elementary
schools include this subject as a local content. One important element of
language that needs to be developed is speaking.
Speaking is one of
the skills in English and plays an important role in learning a foreign
language. It can measure
the success of people in terms of ability to take conversation in the language. Therefore, studying English without practice
speaking is useless. Usually, the students do not participate
actively in speaking, probably because they are lack of knowledge or have no
idea toward the subject matter or
discussed. This facts invites the English teachers have to motivate the students
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