STRATEGI PENGAJARAN BAHASA KOMUNIKATIF GURU (CLT) DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERBICARA SISWA PERHOTELAN (STUDI KASUS DI SMKN 5 BARRU) = TEACHER'S COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) STRATEGIES IN IMPROVING THE SPEAKING ABILITY OF THE HOSPITALITY STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY AT SMKN 5 BARRU)

RAFIDAH BINTI ROSTAN. Teacher’s Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Strategies in Improving the Speaking Ability of the Hospitality Students: A Case Study at SMKN 5 Barru. (Supervised by Nasmilah and Abidin Pammu).
This research aims to (1) identify the type of CLT strategies employed by the English teacher in hospitality classrooms, (2) investigate the application of CLT in improving the hospitality students’ speaking abilities, and (3) find out the students' perceptions about the implementation of teacher’s CLT strategies to develop their speaking English. This research conducted a mixed method design with the quantitative analysis applied in small proportion only to measure the mean score of pre-test and post-test students speaking improvements. The participants in this study involved one teacher and one class from twelfth-grade (XII) students of hospitality at SMK N 5 Barru that consisted of 20 students. Observation with field notes and interviews were used as instruments for data collection. This research utilized Richards's (2006) three practices of mechanical practice, meaningful practice, and communicative practice as the basis in investigating the CLT strategies used by the teacher. The data were analyzed in three major steps such as data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing proposed by Miles & Huberman (1994). The findings indicated that the English teacher mostly used meaningful and communicative practices rather than mechanical practices. In applying CLT strategies to improve the hospitality students speaking abilities, the teacher mostly provided active discussion activities and worked in pairs or groups with the encouragement integrating some additional tools such as the online platforms and applications. Moreover, to find out the students’ perception regarding the teacher’s CLT strategies, the researcher employed pre-test and post-test as measuring for the students speaking improvements and it was indicated that the students’ speaking abilities improved 57,5%, which classified moderate categorization. Most of the students agreed that the teacher’s CLT strategies could slightly help them in developing their language skills. The findings of this study concluded that CLT strategies that applied by the teacher help improve the students speaking abilities gradually, as these captivate students' attention in learning language by allowing them to use technological advances in practicing using the target language.

Keywords : Communicative Language Teaching strategies, Teaching Practices, Learning Activities, Speaking Improvements