Mengembangkan Keterampilan Berbicara Melalui Teknik Kelompok Diskusi Kecil Pada Siswa Kelas X SMA Negeri 1 Bolano Kabupaten Parigi Moutong

Chelsea Valentine, 2022. Developing Speaking Skill through Small Group
Discussion (SGD) Technique to the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1
Bolano Parigi Moutong District. Skripsi. English Education Study Program,
Language and Art Education Department, Teacher training and Education Faculty,

Tadulako University. Under the Supervision of Jamiluddin and Wahyudin.
The objective of this research is to find out whether or not the use of Small Group
Discussion (SGD) technique can develop speaking skill to the tenth grade students
of SMA Negeri 1 Bolano Parigi Moutong District. This research employed a quasi
experimental research design with 77 students as the sample selected by using
clustering sampling technique. Additionally, the data of this research were
obtained through test which was divided into pre-test and post-test. The pre-test
means score for the experimental group and control group were 48.90 and 55.77.
The post-test means score for the experimental group and control group were
73.90 and 60.04 The data were analyzed theoretically by applying t-test formula
where the degree of freedom (df) is 75. The result of statistical analysis shows that
the t-test value is 3.19 while the t-table value is 1.99. The result of research
findings shows that the t-test value is higher than the t-table value. It implies that
the research hypothesis is accepted. It means that the use of Small Group
Discussion (SGD) technique can develop speaking skill to the tenth grade students
of SMA Negeri 1 Bolano Parigi Moutong District.

Keywords: Speaking Skill, Small Group Discussion (SGD) Technique