Javanese Speaking Skills of Grade IV Elementary School through Role Play Method with Storytelling Media

Abstract

The Javanese is one of the traditional languages in Indonesia. The Javanese is one of the local content subjects in elementary schools on the island of Java, Indonesia. This study aims to solve the problem of Javanese speaking skills of fourth-grade elementary school students through role play methods with storytelling media. This research uses the Classroom Action Research design of Kemmis and Mc. Taggart model in class IV in one of the elementary schools in Indonesia. The research was conducted in two cycles with each cycle consisting of four stages (Planning, Implementation, Observation, and Reflection). The success criteria of this study were that ≥ 70% of the students had to get a speaking score of≥70. The results showed that the average value of the pre-cycle speaking performance assessment results was 53.25 with a percentage of student completeness of 0% increasing to 62.63 with a percentage of completeness of 37.5% in cycle I so a revision was carried out for cycle II. In cycle II with improvements in cycle I, the average student score was 78.88 with a percentage of 100% completeness and the cycle was stopped. This research implies that the role-play method using storytelling media can improve students' speaking skills, so it is proposed. Future research recommendations include using role-play methods with storytelling media for other language learning to enhance students' speaking skills.