Mengembang Keterampilan Berbicara Siswa Kelas VIII Di SMPN 2 Tanantovea Melalui Diskusi Kelompok

ABSTRACT
Febi Nursamsi (A 121 15 248). Developing Speaking Skill of Grade VIII
Students at SMPN 2 Tanantovea through Group Discussion. Skripsi.English
Education Study Program, Faculty of language and Art Education. It was under
the supervision of H. Jamiluddin
This research aims at investigating effectiveness of group discussion in
developing speaking skill of grade VIII students at SMPN 2 Tanantovea. This is a
quasi-experimental research design. The samples were 30 students of classes VIII
A and VIII B which were selected purposively. The data were analyzed
statistically. They are collected through pretest and posttest. The pretest was
conducted to find out the students’ speaking skill before treatments. Mean score of
the pretest of experimental class is 38.8 and the one of control class is 42.5. The
posttest was administered to measure their speaking skill after the treatments.
Mean scores of the posttest are 58.3 for experimental class and 46.7 for control
class. By applying the df (degree of freedom) 28 and 0.05 of the significance level,
the results of this research indicate that the t-counted value is 4,251 and the ttable value is 1,701, so that the t-counted value is higher than t-table value. It
means that the hypothesis of the research is accepted. In other words, using group
discussion can develop students speaking skill at SMPN 2 Tanantovea.
Keywords: developing, speaking skill, group discussion