Improving Students' English Speaking Skills Through the Question Student Have Strategy

Abstract

Question Student Have is a learning strategy that is believed to be able to improve students' English speaking skills. The aim of this research is to improve the speaking skills of English study program students through the use of the Question Student Have (QSH) strategy. This research uses a qualitative approach with a type of classroom action research using two cycles. The population or objects of this research are all fourth semester male students in the English study program at Kiai Abdullah Faqih University, Gresik. Excavating data sources through direct observation and interview techniques. The results of data analysis showed that there was a significant increase in students' speaking skills from the first cycle to the second cycle. The results of the first cycle showed that 18% of students had sufficient grades, 36% had poor grades and 46% had very poor grades. Meanwhile, in the second cycle there was an increase with 73% of students having good grades and only 27% of students having fair grades, which means that the use of the Question Student Have strategy was effectively used to improve students' speaking skills. From the results of this research, it is hoped that the Student Question Have can be used as a strategy to improve student skills, especially in the field of speaking.