THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ROLE PLAY TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY

Abstract

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada peningkatan kemampuan berbicara setelah diajarkan dengan menggunakan teknik role play. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan dilaksanakan di kelas X MIA 3 yang berjumlah 36 orang. Data penelitian ini dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan tes berbicara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan kemampuan siswa dalam berbicara setelah diajarkan dengan menggunakan teknik role play. Hal ini dapat dibuktikan dengan adanya peningkatan nilai rata-rata siswa dari pretes ke postes yaitu 59.1 ke 67.8, uji hipotesis menunjukkan bahwa nilai t-value 8.621 lebih besar dari t-table 2.0301. Oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan bahwa teknik role play dapat meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam berbicara.

The aim of this research was to find out whether there was a significant improvement of the students speaking ability after they were taught by using role play. This research used quantitative approach and it was conducted to 36 students in class X MIA 3. The data of the research were collected by using speaking test. The result showed that there was a significant improvement in students speaking ability after they were taught by using role play. It could be proven from the improvement of students mean score from pretest to posttest, which was 59.1 to 67.8, hypothesis test showed that t-table is 2.0301 and the t- value is 8.621. In conclusion, Role play Technique can improve students speaking skill.

Keywords: role play technique, improving, speaking skill