| dc.description.abstract | Speaking is one of the important skills that should be mastered by the
students. By having speaking skill, they can express their idea and chat with others.
The students can make the listener understand about what they speak by having a
good pronunciation and fluency in delivering their speech. However, most students
face speaking as a skill that was too difficult to learn and to practice. As we know that
English language is the second language that almost never be used in their daily life
because the students usually use their national language as well as their mother
tongue. So, they feel shy or have not enough confidence to speak in English
language.
Speaking can be an interesting activity for both of the teacher and the students
if the teacher can maintain the atmosphere or the situation in the teaching and
learning process. They need something interesting to make the students interested in
speaking class. In that case, teachers are supposed to be creative in developing
various teaching technique in creating good atmosphere, improving the student’s
speaking skill and making the English lesson more exciting to learn. There are many
techniques that they can use in teaching speaking. However in this research the writer
focus on simulation technique.
Simulation technique is one of the suitable techniques that can help the
students to have a good ability in speaking because this technique is able to motivate
students in learning English. Besides, learning speaking can be more fun by using this
technique. They will feel a new atmosphere which is created by them and it will
encourage their creativity. They will express their idea easier since simulation
technique can develop students’ motivation for learning and their opportunity to have
better ability in speaking.
This research was done to know whether or not there is a significant effect of
using simulations on grade 11 students’ speaking ability at SMA Negeri Arjasa in the
2011/2012 academic year. The research design was quasi experimental research. The
population of this research was grade 11 students of SMA Negeri Arjasa in the
2011/2012 academic year consisting of seven classes. The homogeneity test was
administered to determine the respondents of the research, and then the results were
analyzed by using ANOVA. The research respondents were determined through a
lottery because based on the homogeneity test; the population of the research was
homogenous. The total number of the respondents was 67 students. The experimental
group that received the treatment, that was taught speaking by using simulation
technique, was the XI IPA 1 class of SMAN Arjasa consisting of 33 students. The
control group that was XI IPA 2 class of SMAN Arjasa consisting of 34 students was
taught speaking conventionally, which is by using role play technique.
Actually the writer would conduct more than one treatment; however the
writer just gave the treatment to the experimental group once because the school of
SMAN Arjasa did not give the writer permission to do research more than 3 weeks.
Another reason was because the writer needs 2 weeks in conducting the homogeneity
test. Therefore, in conducting the treatment and the post test, the writer just had a
week. Because of that reason, it was hard for the writer to conduct more than one
treatment. Therefore, it was the weakness of this research by having just one
treatment.
The primary data of this research were collected from the students’ post test,
while the supporting data were gained through interview and documentation. The
primary data were collected then analyzed by using t-test formula. Based on the
calculation, the mean score of the experimental group was higher than the mean score
of the control group (2.28 > 1.671). Therefore, the null hypothesis (H
) formulated:
“there is no significant effect of using simulations on grade 11 students’ speaking
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ability at SMA Negeri Arjasa in the 2011/2012 academic year” was rejected. On the
other hand, the alternative hypothesis (H
): “there is a significant effect of using
simulations on grade 11 students’ speaking ability at SMA Negeri Arjasa in the
2011/2012 academic year” was accepted.
a
The research results showed that there was a significant effect of using
simulations on grade 11 students’ speaking ability at SMA Negeri Arjasa in the
2011/2012 academic year. Therefore, according to this research, it is suggested that
the English teacher can use Simulation technique as an alternative teaching technique
in teaching speaking. | en_US |
