ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The praise and gratitude of the writer prayed to the presence of Allah SWT, only

by grace and the gift of the author can complete the proposal entitled "The

Influence of Talking Game toward students' speaking skill at MA AL-Hidayah

Duminanga".

Shalawat and greetings are always poured out to the best teachers of Prophet

Muhammad SAW, his family, friends and followers who have brought the truth to

all men and we hope for his help in the world and the hereafter.

The writing and drafting of this proposal is a form of responsibility of the writer

as IAIN student Sultan Amai Gorontalo, and fulfill one of the requirements to

obtain a Bachelor of Education degree in English Education Studies Program,

Faculty of tarbiyah and teacher training, IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo.

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 Table of Contents
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CHAPTER II ..................................................................................................................... 13
THEORITICAL REVIEW .............................................................................................. 13
A. Games....................................................................................................................... 13
1. The Nature of Games ........................................................................................... 13
2. Characteristics of Games ...................................................................................... 14
3. Games in Language Learning ............................................................................... 15
B. Speaking Skill .......................................................................................................... 17
1. The Nature of Speaking ........................................................................................ 17
2. The Level of Speaking Skill ................................................................................. 19
3. The Relationship between Games and Speaking Skill ......................................... 21
4. Using Games In The Speaking Class ................................................................... 22
5. Speaking Accuracy and Speaking Fluency .......................................................... 25
C. Critical Framework .................................................................................................. 26
D. Hypothesis ................................................................................................................ 28
CHAPTER III ................................................................................................................... 29
METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH .............................................................................. 20
A. Design of Research .................................................................................................. 29
B. Setting of Research .................................................................................................. 30
C. Population and Sample............................................................................................. 30

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 D. Variable of Research ................................................................................................ 31
E. Technique and Instrument of Collecting The Data .................................................. 31
F. Validity and Reliability of Instrument ..................................................................... 33
G. Technique of Data Analysis ...................................................................................... 34
BIBLIOGRAPPHY ........................................................................................................... 35

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