The Implementation of Three - Step Interview Technique in Teaching Speaking

Abstract

There are three objectives of this research (1) to find out whether there is a significant difference of students’ score after being taught through Three – Step Interview ; (2) to know which aspect is the most increase of students’ speaking achievement ; ( 3 ) to find out which topic is the most effective. The method was time series design. The result shows that : (1)Three – Step Interview is applicable to improve the students speaking ability. Students’ mean score in post-test 1 is 45.40 ,post test 2 increase to 61.60; its gain is 16.2 and in post test 3  increase up to 81.20 its gain is 19.6 ; ( 2 ) the most aspect which is increase is grammar in pair 1 and vocabulary in pair 2; ( 3 ) the third topic is most effective. It can be seen from the finding of gain in first pair is 16.20 and in second pair  is 19.60 that show its significant value of  0.0000 ( p<0.05 ). Based on the result above, it can be said that Three – Step Interview can be applied in teaching speaking in order to improve students speaking ability.

Key words: Speaking, Three – Step Interview Technique