IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH JIGSAW TASK

Abstract

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perubahan yang signifikan pada kemampuan berbicara siswa setelah diajar melalui jigsaw task dan untuk mengetahui respon siswa setelah diajari melalui jigsaw task. Populasi penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas IX b berjumlah 32 siswa, t-test pengukuran berulang digunakan untuk menganalisa data. Pada pre-test, nilai rata-rata adalah 61.41 dan pada post test menjadi 76.23. Jadi ada peningkatan sebesar 14.82. Nilai signifikan (p=0.000, p<0.05). Ini menunjukkan bahwa hipotesis diterima.  Dengan demikian jigsaw task secara signifikan merubah kemampuan berbicara siswa. Hasil kuesioner juga menunjukkan bahwa siswa memberi respon positif terhadap  implementasi pengajaran melalui jigsaw.

The objective of this research is to find out whether there is an significant improvement of students’ speaking ability after being taught through jigsaw task and to identify the students’ response after being taught through jigsaw task. The population of this research is the class IX b which consists of 32 students. In this research, repeated measure t-test was used to analyze the data. In pre test, the mean score is 61.41 and it becomes 76.23. in post test.  Thus, there is an improvement of 14.82. The significant (2-tailed) value was (p=0.000, p<0.05). It showed that the hypothesis was accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that jigsaw task can significantly improve students’ speaking ability. The result of questioner also shows that students gave positive response toward the implementation of jigsaw task in teaching learning.

Keywords: improving, jigsaw task, speaking ability, students’ response.