The Implementation of Authentic Materials in Teaching Speaking in an Islamic Boarding School

Abstract

This research aims to describe the student’s perception on the use of authentic materials in learning speaking, the implementation of authentic materials in teaching speaking delivered by the teacher, and the impact of authentic materials in students’ speaking skill. This research was a case study. The participants were the teacher and the students at XI grade IPA of IMMIM Boarding School Pangkep. The research instrument employed was questionnaire, observation, and interview. The data were collected using questionnaire with Google form, observation technique including observation checklist, note-taking, and collected data from teachers’ document, and interview technique. The result of data analysis shows that the frequency of students answer in their questionnaire was 20 students in very good category and 6 students was in a good category, meanwhile in three indicators including experience, motivation, and emotion of students’ perception are in a very good classification so, the students had a highly perceived on authentic materials in learning speaking. Furthermore, the teacher considers a vary steps and activities in teaching speaking also the authentic material found was video, songs, and news article, the teacher is moderately implemented authentic material in teaching speaking. Finally, the students score in their speaking performance was met the expectation thus the implementation of authentic materials positively impact the students’ speaking skill.