Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Abstract
Name : Khairunnisa
Student No. : 1406102020007
Study Program : English Education
Title : Teaching Speaking by Using Talking Stick (An
Experimental Study to the Second Year Students at
SMPN 14 Banda Aceh)
Key Words:Talking Stick, speaking skill
The objective of this study is to figure out whether the use of Talking Stick
Technique improves the second year students of SMPN 14 Banda Aceh in speaking.
The population of this study was all the second grade students in this school, and the
sample of this study was the VIIIA class which consisted of 30 students. The writer
applied quantitative method with one group pre-test and post-test design, in which
the students were given oral tests before and after the teaching treatment took place
as part of data collection. The writer adopted the procedure of Talking Stick
technique by Lie (2008) in teaching speaking for the students. After the treatment
and the tests were accomplished, it showed that the students had made better change
in their speaking ability. It was proven by the increase of the fluency aspect which
some students could reach the category of very good , where no one could reach this
category in post-test .Where the mean score of the pre-test was 55.93 then increased
in the post-test to become 69.76. Furthermore, the statistic also showed that t-test
was 13.83 and t-table 2.045. As the t-test score was higher than t-table, it indicated
that the students in the experimental class who were taught by using Talking Stick
Technique got better improvement in their speaking skill.

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