STORY TELLING MENGGUNAKAN MEDIA GAMBAR BERBASIS PENGETAHUAN LOKAL MADURA SEBAGAI STRATEGI DALAM BERBICARA SISWA KELAS VII

One of the four language skills is speaking. Speaking is one of the skills used to communicate directly. In contrast to other skills, speaking is one of the skills that is difficult to be applied due to the introvert and extrovert factors in each child. Story telling is a retelling activity of a story that is packed with local Madura knowledge. With stories based on local Madura knowledge, students retell according to their understanding. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that will describe the students' speaking activities. This study also describes efforts to optimize stor telling as a strategy that students are interested in using stories based on local Madura knowledge.