THE USE OF TALKING CHIPS TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

Abstract

Abstract
This research aims to analyze the use of Talking Chips technique to improve students’ speaking skill to eleventh grade students of SMA Kristen Makedonia Ngabang in Academic Year 2015/2016. This research was one of pre-experimental design, namely one group pre-test and post-test design. The sample was eleventh grade students Class
XI IPA 1, which consisted of 20 students. The tool used for collecting the data was pre-test and post-test. The test was reading aloud test. The research finding indicates that the students’ mean score in post-test is 80 higher than their mean score in pre-test which is 63. It is found out that the result of the t-test is 7.79. The t-table with the degree of freedom 19 is 2.093. Because the result of t-test is higher than t-table, the alternative hypothesis “The use of talking chips technique can improve students’ speaking skill to the eleventh grade students of SMA Kristen Makedonia Ngabang in Academic Year 2015/2016” is accepted.

Keywords: Talking Chips, Improve, Speaking skill