THE USE OF PICTURE SERIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL IN TEACHING RECOUNT TEXT AT THE FIRST GRADE OF SMA KARTIKATAMA METRO

Erin Cahya Fadillia, Deddy Supriyadi, Sudirman Sudirman

Abstract


Tujuan dari penelitian ini ialah untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan kemampuan berbicara siswa dalam pembelajaran teks recount dengan menggunakan picture series dan mengetahui aspek kemampuan berbicara siswa yang paling meningkat setelah mereka diajar menggunakan picture series. Penelitian ini ialah penelitian kuantitatif. Desain yang digunakan ialah satu kelompok pretest posttest dengan 19 siswa kelas 10 IPA 2 SMA Kartikatama Metro sebagai subyek. Penelitian ini menemukan adanya peningkatan statistik kemampuan berbicara siswa dalam pembelajaran teks recount dilihat dari skor pretest ke skor posttest (33,15 menjadi 66) setelah menggunakan picture series. Hasil analisis menunjukan bahwa pemahaman adalah aspek yang paling meningkat dan pelafalan adalah aspek yang paling rendah. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa mengajar teks recount dengan menggunakan picture series dapat diaplikasikan untuk siswa pada jenjang SMA untuk mengembangkan kemampuan berbicara siswa.

The aims of this study are to find out whether there was any significant improvement on students’ speaking skill after being taught by using picture series and to investigate which aspect of speaking skill improved the most and the least after being taught by using picture series. This research is quantitative research. The design used was one group pretest posttest with 19 students of 10 IPA 2 at SMA Kartikatama Metro in 2018/2019 academic year as the subject. The result showed there was statistically significant improvement of the students’ speaking skill in recount text viewed from pretest score to the posttest score (33.15 to 66) after they were taught by using picture series. The result also shows that comprehension was the aspect that improved the most and pronunciation improved the least. It can be concluded that teaching recount text by using picture series can be applied to students at SMA level to develop their speaking skill.


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