THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN IMPROVING STUDENTS SPEAKING SKILL

Abstract

Tujuan penilitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan atau tidak terhadap kemampuan siswa dalam berbicara setelah diajarkan menggunakan teknik Collaborative Learning. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan dilakanakan di kelas XI IPS 1 yang berjumlah 37 orang. Peneliti menggunakan tes berbicara untuk mengumpulan data. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada peningkatan kemampuan sisiwa dalam berbicara setelah diajarkan menggunakan teknik Collaborative Learning. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dari adanya peningkatan nilai rata-rata siswa dari pretes ke postes yaitu 42.94 ke 72.43, dengan nilai t-table 42.300 dan t-value 2.028. Oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan jika teknik Collaborative Learning dapat meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam berbicara.

The aim of this research is to find out whether there is a significant improvement of the students speaking skill after they were taught by using Collaborative Learning. This research used quantitative approach and was conducted to 37 students in class XI IPS 1. The researcher administered speaking test in collecting the data. The result of the data analysis showed that there was a significant improvement in students speaking skill after they were taught by using Collaborative Learning. It could be proven from the improvement of students mean score from pretest to posttest, which was 42.94 to 72.43, with t-table is 42.300 and the t-value is 2.028. In short, Collaborative Learning can improve students speaking skill.

Keywords: collaborative learning, improving, speaking skill