The Implementation of Fishbowl Technique to Improve Students Speaking Ability at Second Grade of SMP N 2 Jati Agung South Lampung

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan apakah ada perbedaan pada kemampuan berbicara siswa setelah diajarkan menggunakan teknik fishbowl. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Sasaran penelitian sebanyak 38 siswa pada kelas delapan SMP N 2 Jati Agung, Lampung Selatan. Test berbicara digunakan untuk pengambilan data. Hasil menunjukan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan pada pencapaian kemampuan berbicara siswa sebelum dan sesudah penggunaan teknik fishbowl dengan tingkat signifikansi p<0.05 (p=.000). Hal ini menandakan bahwa teknik fishbowl dapat membantu siswa untuk lebih percaya diri dalam berbicara bahasa inggris.

The aim of this study was to find out whether there was significant difference on students speaking ability after the students were taught through fishbowl technique. This research was quantitative research. The subjects of this research were 38 students of the second grade in SMP N 2 Jati Agung, South Lampung. The speaking test was used to collect the data. The result showed that there was a statistically significant difference of the students speaking ability before and after the implementation of fishbowl technique with the significant level p<0.05 (p=.000). This suggests that teaching speaking through fishbowl technique facilitates the students to speak English in the class and to be more confident.

Keywords: fishbowl technique, speaking ability, teaching speaking.