THE USE OF ONE MINUTE GAME TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILLS OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 7 PALU (PENGGUNAAN PERMAINAN SATU MENIT DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERBICARA SISWA KELAS SEBELAS SMA NEGERI 7 PALU )

Athiya Fatin Rafifah (A12120139). The Use of One Minute Game to Improve
Speaking Skills of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 7 Palu. Skripsi.
English Education Study Program, Language and Art Education Department,
Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tadulako University, under the
Supervision of Mochtar Marhum and Budi.
The objective of this research is to prove if the use of one minute game can improve
speaking skill of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 7 Palu. This research
used quantitative method with a pre-experimental research design.The population
of this research was the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 7 Palu with the
total of 351 students. The sample of this research was XI 7 with 34 students, the
pre-experimental group was selected by using a purposive sampling technique. The
pretest was used to measure students' speaking abilities before treatment and the
posttest was carried out to measure students' speaking abilities after treatment. The
data analysis indicates that there is a slightly significant increase between the pretest
and posttest results. The student's mean score before given treatment was 29.77.
After giving the treatment, the mean score of the students in posttest was 62.13. By
applying a significant level of 0.05, the researcher found that the value of the t
counted (15.97) was higher than t-table (2035). In conclusion, the use of one minute
game is effective in improving students speaking skills of eleventh grade of SMA
Negeri 7 Palu. Based on the result, It was proved that the hypothesis is accepted
which means there is improvement in the students speaking skills after being given
the treatment. It means that the One minute game can improve students’ speaking
skills.
Key words : improve, speaking skill, one minute game