Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to identify: (1) the elicitation techniques in
teaching speaking skill used by teachers in Islamic Boarding School of Sultan
Hasanuddin in terms of vocabulary and grammar for accuracy and self confidence
for fluency as the elements of speaking skill. They are discussion, conversation,
oral report, role-play, interview, questions and answers, using a picture or picture
story, giving instructions/descriptions/explanations, and retelling story from aural
or written stimulus. This research applied qualitative descriptive research method.
This research was carried out at senior high school of Islamic Boarding of Sultan
Hasanuddin in Gowa Regency. The subject of this study were all English teachers
in the school which are only two English teachers and eight students of grade X
Social Science as the representation from 35 students who followed the speaking
activities in the classroom teaching and learning process. They were all selected by
using purposive sampling. The researcher observed the interaction between the
teacher and students in the speaking activities process and interviewed them after
the activities to identify the elicitation techniques in teaching speaking skill used by
the teacher in Islamic Boarding School of Sultan Hasanuddin in Gowa Regency in
terms of vocabulary and grammar for accuracy and self confidence for fluency as
the elements of speaking skill. The researcher made observations using audio
recording devices. Audio recording was used to record the teacher and students?
speaking interaction and their interview process after the speaking activities.
Based on the result, the elicitation techniques in teaching speaking skill used by the
teacher were conversation, questions and answers, interview, and giving
explanations, but teachers mostly used questions and answers for low and medium
students and conversation, interview, and giving explanation were used when the
teachers considered that questions and answers technique was too easy for higher
students in the speaking activities. It was based on the purpose of using the
elicitation techniques in teaching speaking skill not only to see how accurately
students use appropriate vocabulary and grammar in the speaking activities in the
classroom teaching and learning process but also how fluently students express
their thought, opininon, and information in terms of their daily routines, facts and
ongoing activity based in School Environment Islamic Boarding School of Sultan
Hasanuddin in Gowa regency South Sulawesi.
Keywords: Elicitation Techniques, Teaching, Speaking Skill