THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION GAP TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE SPEAKING SKILL

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan kegunaan teknik Information Gap dalam peningkatan kemampuan berbicara siswa terkait aspek pronunciation, vocabulary dan grammar dilihat dari analisa quantity of speaking dan quality of speaking. Adapun sampel yang diteliti pada penelitian ini adalah 27 siswa kelas 8L SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung tahun ajaran 2014/2015. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah metode quasi-experimental design yang berhubungan dengan pengukuran periodik. Alat pengumpulan datanya adalah tes berbicara (speaking test). Hasil penelitian menunjukan adanya perbedaaan peningkatan kemampuan berbicara siswa dalam aspek pronunciation, vocabulary dan grammar dalam aplikasi teknik Information Gap.

The objective of this study was to find out the application of Information Gap technique in improving students speaking skill especially in terms of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar from the analysis of quantity and quality of speaking. The sample of this study was 27 students of 8L SMPN 4 Bandar Lampung academic year of 2014/2015. This study used quasi-experimental design involving periodic measurements. The instrument of this study was speaking task. The result showed that there was a difference in students speaking skill especially in term of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar through speaking task in the aplication of Information Gap technique.

Keywords: information gap technique, speaking skill