INCREASING STUDENTS' SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH CLAMSHELL TECHNIQUE

Abstract

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah teknik Clamshell dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara siswa, dan aspek apa yang paling dipengaruhi oleh teknik ini. Peneliti menggunakan desain pre-test dan post-test dalam penelitian ini. Setelah meneliti siswa kelas XI di SMAN 1 Talangpadang, ditemukan bahwa ada peningkatan yang signifikan dalam kemampuan berbicara siswa. Data tersebut menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata membaik dari 50,5 (pretest) ke 64 (posttest) dan nilai signifikansi 0.000 dan tanda <α (0,000 <0,05). Kefasihan mendapat kenaikan tertinggi di mana nilai rata-rata meningkat dari 9,5 (pretest) sampai 13 (posttest). Dapat dikatakan bahwa teknik Clamshell dapat meningkatkan kemampuan berbahasa siswa dan kefasihan menjadi aspek yang paling dipengaruhi oleh teknik Clamshell.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether Clamshell technique can improve students' speaking ability, and what aspect was most influenced by this technique. Researchers used the design of pre-test and post-test in this study. After doing research on XI grade students at SMAN 1 Talangpadang, it was found that there was a significant improvement in their speaking ability. The data shows that the average value improved from 50.5 (pretest) to 64 (posttest) and the significance value 0.000 and a <α (0.000 <0.05). Fluency got the highest increase in the average value from 9.5 (pretest) to 13 (posttest). The results showed that the Clamshell technique can improve students speaking ability and fluency is most influenced by Clamshell technique.

Keywords: clamshell learning, fluency, speaking.