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Abstract

S pe a king

is one

of

the most

im porta nt

thi ng s in human‟ s da il y

c omm unica ti on.

I n th e

lea rnin g

of

En g li sh, spe a king

is one

of

the im po rta nt skil ls

whic h ha s to be

maste re d be c a us e

it

is the domi na nt c ha nne l o f c omm unica ti on. T his re se a rc h, fo c used on

tea c hing

spea kin g

b y

using

p icture s in se rie s a s media . P icture s in se rie s

w e re

used a s m e dia to r a ise

th e

stud e nts‟ int e re st to the

mate ri a l. The y

w e re

used be c a use pictur e s in se rie s

c ontain the se que nc e

of

e ve nts or

a c ti ons.

The re for e , b y

usin g

pictur e s in se rie s , it

wa s e a sier

for

stude nts

to unde rsta nd the story

given b y

unde rsta ndin g the outli ne in t he

for m of se que n c e

of pictur e s in s e rie s.

This re se a rc h

wa s a

P r e

e x pe rimen tal

re s e a r c h.

The

purpo se

of

thi s

re se a rc h

wa s to k now w h e ther

o r

not t he re

w a s a si g nific a n t ef fe c t of usin g

I ndo ne si a n folklore

pictur e s in s e rie s on

the e leve nth gra d e

students '

s pe a kin g

a c hi e ve ment in s tor y

telli n g

a t S MAN

Ar jasa

in t he

2 012/2013 Ac a de mi c

Y e a r .

The

population

of

thi s

r e se a r c h

w a s

the

e l e ve nt h

g r a de

stud e nts

a t

S MAN

Ar jasa

in

the

2012/2013

Ac a de mi c

Y e a r .

T wo

c la sses

we re

tak e n

a s

the

e x pe rimen tal

c lass

a nd

c ontro l

c lass

without

ra ndom

se lec ti on

be c a use

the

re se a r c he r

used

none quivale nt g roups

p ostt e st onl y

de si g n.

T he

c lass e s

we re

X I

S oc ial

1

(e x pe rimen tal

g roup)

a n d

X I

S c ienc e

5

(c ontrol

g roup) .

The

tot a l

number s

of

the

re sponde nts

w e re

70

students

that

c onsi sted

of

34

students

of

X I

S o c ia l

1

a s

the

e x pe rimen tal

g roup

that

wa s

taug ht

b y

usin g

P icture s

in

se rie s,

a nd

36

s tudents

X I

S c ienc e

5

a s the c ontrol

g roup

that

wa s tau g ht b y

lec turing

m e thod. The

pr im a r y

da ta of

thi s re se a r c h we r e

c oll e c t e d fr om the students‟ sc or e s

of

spea king a c hieve ment

t e st. The

supporting da t a

we re

g a ined

fr om

int e rvie w

a nd doc umenta ti on. The

stud e nts‟ spea kin g

a c hieve m e nt wa s c oll e c ted f rom the post

test to make

the c ompar ison be twe e n th e

two g roups a fte r th e

tre a tm e nt done . The

re sult s

of

the re se a rc h we re

a n a l y z e d b y

usin g

t test

f or mul a .

The

re sult

of

the

a na l y sis

indi c a ted

that

the

statis ti c a l

va lue

of

t test

wa s

2.48,

while

the

t table

with

the

sig nific a nt

leve l

of

5%

a nd

the

de g r e e

of

fr e e dom

(D f)

of

68

wa s

1. 67.

The

va lue

of

t test

wa s

hi g he r

than

th e

va lue

of

t table

(2.48 > 1. 67).

The r e for e ,

the

null

h y pothesis

(H o)

whic h

wa s

fo rmula ted:

“ T he r e

is

no

sig nific a nt

e ff e c t

of

using

Indon e sian

folklore

pictur e s

in

s e rie s

on

the

e leve nth

gr a de

students‟

spea kin g

a c hie ve ment

test

in

stor y telli ng

a t

S MA N

Ar jasa

in

the

2012/2013

a c a de mi c

y e a r”

w a s

r e jec ted .

On

the

other

ha nd,

the

a lt e rna ti ve

h y pothesis

(H a )

whic h

sa y s:

“t he r e

is

a

sig nific a nt

e ff e c t

of

usin g

I ndon e sia n

folklore

pictur e s

in

s e r ies

on

the

e lev e nth

gr a d e

students‟

spea king

a c hiev e ment

t e st

in

stor y telli n g

a t

S MAN

Ar jasa

in

the

2012/2013

a c a d e mi c

y e a r”

w a s ac c e pted.

B a se d

on the r e sult

of

t his re se a rc h, the En g li sh tea c h e r is a dvised

to a p pl y

P icture s in se rie s, e spec i a ll y

in tea c hin g

spe a king to im pr ove

the students ‟ s pe a kin g a c hieve m e nt. F u rthe r,

the students a re

su gge sted to pr a c ti c e

spea kin g b y

usin g pictur e s in s e rie s in o rd e r to i nc re a se th e ir spe a kin g ski ll .