Implementing Two Stay Two Stray Technique to Improve Students’ Participation In Speaking Class of Grade IX of SMP Negeri 15 Yogyakarta in the Academic Year of 2015/2016

Abstract

The problem of the research is the lack of students’ participation in the English speaking class. The participation of the students of Class IX J of SMP Negeri 15 Yogyakarta was not even and continuous. Therefore, the objective of the research is to improve the students’ participation through implementing two stay two stray technique.  The research is an action research and was conducted in three cycles. Each cycle comprised four steps: planning, action, observation and reflection. The researcher collected the data through observation and interview. The data were analyzed qualitatively to describe the result and then triangulated through the interview and discussion to determine the validation. Based on the result, the Two Stay Two Stray technique success to increase the students’ participation the English speaking class. Moreover, in spite of the students’ difficulty of the vocabulary, the technique provided the students to engage to the activity and encouraged them to perform the target language.