THE IMPLEMENTATION OF JIGSAW TECHNIQUE IN IMPROVING THE STUDENTS' ORAL PRODUCTION OF RECOUNT TEXT

Abstract

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk meneliti (1) apakah terdapat perubahan yang signifikan antara nilai-nilai pada hasil lisan siswa dalam teks recount sebelum dan setelah pengajaran melalui teknik jigsaw; (2) topik manakah yang mendapatkan tambahan paling tinggi diantara ketiga topik recount yang berbeda; (3) aspek manakah yang paling meningkat didalam kemampuan berbicara siswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan one group time series design. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: (1) Terdapat perubahan yang signifikan antara nilai-nilai pada hasil lisan siswa dalam teks recount sebelum dan sesudah pengajaran melalui teknik jigsaw; (2) topik pertama mendapatkan tambahan paling tinggi diantara ketiga topik recount  yang berbeda; (3) kosakata adalah aspek yang paling meningkat didalam kemampuan berbicara siswa. Nilai signifikan (2-tailed) adalah (p=0.000, p<0.05), menunjukkan bahwa hipotesa diterima. Oleh karena itu, jigsaw dapat diaplikasikan sebagai materi untuk meningkatkan bahasa Inggris siswa dalam kelas lisan.

The objectives of the research are to investigate (1) whether there is any significant difference between the scores of the students’ oral production in recount text before and after being taught through jigsaw technique; (2) which topic get the highest gain from the learning among the three different topics of recount; (3) which aspect of oral production is the most improved. This research was applied one group time series design. The results show that: (1) there is a significant difference between the scores of the students’ oral production in recount text before and after being taught through jigsaw technique; (2) the first topic of recount gets the highest gain from the learning; (3) vocabulary is the most improved aspect in the students’ oral production. The significant (2-tailed) value was (p=0.000, p<0.05), it showed that the hypothesis was accepted. Therefore, jigsaw can be applied as a material to improve the students’ English in oral production class.

Keywords: jigsaw technique, oral production, recount text