A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN INFORMATION GAP TASK IN PAIR AND SMALL GROUP WORK OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY

Ni Made Anggi, Hery Yufrizal, Rosita Simbolon

Abstract


The purposes of the qualitative research were to find out the significant difference of students’ speaking ability between students who are taught through information gap task in pair and small group work and to determine which pattern is better in getting students to talk at second grade of SMAN 1 Seputih Raman. The study focused on pattern that is used in information gap task. The participants were the second grade of SMAN 1 Seputih Raman. The data were recorded and analyzed by using Independent group t-test (SPSS version 20). The data shows that there is significant different result in between pair and small group. Small group work has better pattern that encourages students to talk in information gaptechnique.

Keywords: information gap, pair, small group, speaking ability

 

 


Full Text:

PDF

References


Arikunto, Suharsimi. 1997. Dasar-dasar Evaluasi Pendidikan. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara.

Brown, D. H. 1994. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall Regent.

. 2001. Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Aproach to Language Pedagogy. San Fransisco: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.

Byrne, D. 1998. Teaching Oral English. New York: Longman.

Cohen, A.D. 1998. Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language. New York: Addison Wesley Longman.

Cook, V. 1996. Second Language Learning and Language Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Doff, Adrian. 1987. Teaching English. Cambridge: Cabridge University Press.

Foster, Pauline. 1998. Negotiation of Meaning in Nonnative Speaker Discussion. In Garcia, F. Morisol on TESQL Quarterly.

Hatch, Evelyn and Farhady, Hossein. 1982. Research Design and Statistic for Applied Linguistics. Rowley: Newbury House Publishers, INC.

Heaton,J.B. 1982. Language Testing Modern English Publication. London: Longman.

http://www.teachingenglis.org.uk

Kayi, H. 2006. "Teaching Speaking: Activities to Promote Speaking in a Second

Language", The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. XII, No. 11, November 2006.

Rivers, Wilga. M. 1987. Interactive Language Teaching. New York: Cambridge Language Teaching Library.

Septirina, Fertein. 2002. Comparative Study in Speaking between Pair and Small Group Work. Bandar Lampung. Unpublished Script: Universitas Lampung.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Copyright (c)