In applying speaking skills, students are expected to be able to convey their
thoughts orally. However, most students in high school do not master speaking
skills in learning English. This is because students still cannot get away from
textbooks and focus on theory most of them lose their self-confidence and are afraid
of making mistakes. Therefore, Guided Conversation is implemented as a solution
to the problems faced by teachers to guide students in speaking English.
This research aims to describe how teachers apply Guided Conversations to
students' speaking skills and to describe students' responses to the use of Guided
Conversations in speaking learning. This research uses qualitative research, the data
is collected using the researcher's notes on class observations and using interviews
with each student who is a research respondent and processed through a process of
data reduction, data display, drawing conclusions and verification. The participants
in this research were English teachers and 10th-grade students at Madrasah Aliyah
Muthi'ul Huda Hatungun.
The results of this research show that the teacher uses 10 procedures with
theory by Diaz and Grochowsky, the teacher guides and helps in every student
speaking activity in the class. During the Guided Conversation in class, the students
were very enthusiastic. Students find it easy to carry out Guided Conversation, most
of the students said that with this Guided Conversation students were free to convey
what they wanted to convey