THE USE OF STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE TO ENHANCE STUDENTS' ENGLISH SPEAKING ABILITY ( AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AT SMPN 1 KUTAPANJANG).
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Based on preliminary interview to the teacher at SMPN 1 Kutapanjang on 15th of June 2020, the teacher stated that the students' skill in speaking were lacking. This was due to the limitation of fluency, accuracy, clarity, intonation, volume and content. This problem happened in the school because the teacher rarely replay English speaking in the classroom during teaching and learning process. There are many technique to teach speaking English for the students. But in this research, the writer chose to use storytelling as a technique to improve speaking abilities of students at SMPN 1 Kutapanjang, Gayo Lues. Research question in this research is “Is the use of storytelling technique to enhance students' English speaking ability at SMPN 1 Kutapanjang?”. Then, object of the study in this research that the writer would know the use of storytelling technique to enhance students' English speaking ability at SMPN 1 Kutapanjang. In this research, the writer used quantitative approach by using statistical method. This experiment use pre-test, treatment and post-test. Based on the qualification of the mean of the postest (posttest), it can also be seen from the results of data analysis using statistical calculations, namely using the t test, and by testing the hypothesis at the significant level ∝ = 0.05 and v = (n-1) and opportunity (1). -α). From the student t distribution table, it is obtained t table = t _ ((1-α, n-1)) = t _ ((0.95) (24)) = 1.71, so that t score> t table is 16.80> 1.71, then H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. Thus, it can be concluded that the storytelling technique is effective to enhance students' English speaking ability at SMPN 1 Kutapanjang. In fact, the writer expects that this research can inspire future researchers who have a desire to conduct another study related to enhance storytelling in the class.
Keywords
Storytelling Technique, Speaking Ability
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