Mengembangkan Keterampilan Berbicara Siswa Kelas X Di SMA Negeri 1 Parigi Melalui Teknik Simulasi

This research aims to find out whether or not the implementation of Simulation technique can develop speaking skill of the grade tenth students at SMA Negeri 1 Parigi. The researcher applied quasi experimental research especially one group pre-test and post-test. The purposive sampling technique was selected in this research. The samples were students of class X A consisting of 15 students. To collect the data, test which was divided into pretest and posttest, used as the research instrument. The mean score of pretest were 44.17. The mean score of posttest were 58.33. By applying the degree of freedom (df) 14 and 0.05 of the significance level, this research indicates that the t-counted value (6.87) is higher than the t-table (1.761). In other words, the hypothesis of this research is accepted. Therefore, the study revealed that the students’ speaking skill can be develop by using Simulation technique.