Using TED Talks for EFL Learners to Boost Their Speaking Skill

Aulia Hanifah Qomar

2018

Abstract

We are as an English lecturer needs to bring technology in our EFL classroom. A technology is a good solution to improve students’ English skill. One of the technologies that can be used in EFL classroom is a TED talks. A TED talks is one of the solution to overcome the students’ problems especially in their speaking skill. In this study, the researcher focused on implementing TED talks in her speaking class in order to improve the students’ speaking skill. Besides, she wants to know the classroom situation when TED talks is implemented in speaking class. This study is Classroom Action Research which is divided into 2 cycles. Based on the result of the study, there is improvement in students’ speaking skill through the use of TED talks. It can be seen from the students’ score in cycle 1 (72) from pre-test (60). Then 78 in cycle 2 from 72 in cycle 1. The classroom situation can be described as follows: 1) the students were more interested in speaking class; 2) the students were more active in giving feedback to other students; 3) the students have many ideas to speaking in front of the class.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Qomar A. (2018). Using TED Talks for EFL Learners to Boost Their Speaking Skill. In Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC, ISBN 978-989-758-416-9, pages 430-433. DOI: 10.5220/0008219500002284

in Bibtex Style

@conference{beltic18,
author={Aulia Hanifah Qomar},
title={Using TED Talks for EFL Learners to Boost Their Speaking Skill},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,},
year={2018},
pages={430-433},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008219500002284},
isbn={978-989-758-416-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st Bandung English Language Teaching International Conference - Volume 1: BELTIC,
TI - Using TED Talks for EFL Learners to Boost Their Speaking Skill
SN - 978-989-758-416-9
AU - Qomar A.
PY - 2018
SP - 430
EP - 433
DO - 10.5220/0008219500002284