Chapter 1 introduction

I. Review of Previous Study 
Research about the use puppet media have been conducted by some 
researchers. Nilawati (2007) from English Department Faculty of Languages and 
Arts Semarang State University conducted a Classroom Action Research (CAR) 
entitle “The Effectiveness of Teaching Vocabulary by Using Puppet at 
Elementary School Students” these research focused on the effort to increase 
vocabulary achievement by using puppet media. The result of the research showed 
that there was improvement of the students’ vocabulary achievement after they 
are taught by using puppet media. The researcher concluded that puppet media is 
effective to increase students vocabulary achievement. 
Ningtyas (2012) from English Department of Languages And Arts 
Surabaya State University conducted a qualitative research entitled “The Use of 
Puppet to Teach Speaking Descriptive Text For Tenth Graders of Senior High 
School in SMA YPM 3 Sumobito. The researcher conducted descriptive 
qualitative research. The result of the research showed that puppet media has 
some advantages in teaching speaking. From the result, the researcher concluded 
that puppet media can be used as alternative media to teach speaking.
The two studies above focuses on using finger puppets in teaching 
vocabulary and descriptive. Meanwhile, the present study was different in term of 
the object to be studied. The present study focused on the effectiveness of using 
finger puppets as media in teaching speaking for Junior High School.

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CHAPTER III 
RESEARCH METHOD 
 
This chapter presents the research method. It discusses the method used in 
this study. It includes research design, population, sampling and sample, variable, 
data and source of data, data collecting method and instruments, validity and 
reliability and technique of data analysis.