THE EFFECT OF USING SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT SMA AL-WASHLIYAH 1 MEDAN

Abstract

The objective of the research is to determine whether there is a significant effect of the use small of group discussion to the students’ ability in speaking. This type of research is quantitative research and was conducted using two classes as research samples, namely class X-IPS 2 as the experimental class consisting of 20 students and class X-IPA 1 as the control class consisting of 20 students. In the data collection technique, the researcher conducted a pre-test, treatment and post-test by giving a test in the form of an example of a speaking test. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant effect of small group discussion to the students’ ability in speaking. This can be seen after the data was analyzed, on the post-test of controul group got the score mean is 69,75 it means the students’ achievement in speaking ability is categorized as sufficient category, and on post-test of experimental group got the score mean is 76,25 it means students’ achievement in speaking ability is categorized as good category, then after testing the research hypothesis, it turns out that the hypothesis is accepted.. This means that the tenth grade students of SMA AL-Washliyah 1 Medan apply small group discussion in learning speaking higher than those without small group discussion.