MENGEMBANGKAN KETERAMPILAN BERBICARA SISWA KELAS XI SMA NEGERI 8 PALU MELALUI FILM KARTUN BERBAHASA INGGRIS

The purpose of this study is to find out whether using English Cartoon films can be
used to develop speaking skill of grade XI students at SMA Negeri 8 Palu. This
research used quantitative research and applied quasi experimental research as the
research design. The population of this research was the XI grade students at SMA
Negeri 8 Palu, consisting of 4 classes. The sample was chosen using cluster random
sampling technique to select an experimental and control class. The samples were
class XI IPA 3 as the experimental class and class XI IPA 1 as the control class. The
researcher analyzed the data statistically in order to find out the significant different
between two classes on posttest after the treatment using English cartoon film given
to the experimental class. It was found that the mean scores of both the experimental
and control classes on the posttest are respectively 42.31 and 30.5. Furthermore,
referring to the value of the t-counted with the value of t-table, since, degree of
freedom (df) =Nx+Ny-2 =49 by applying 0.05 level of significant, Tcounted ( )
was greater that Ttable (2.00958). Therefore, the hypothesis of this research was
accepted. In conclusion, the application of English cartoon film can be used to
develop speaking skill of the grade XI students at SMA Negeri 8 Palu.
Keywords: Speaking skill, English Cartoon Film.