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D. The Results of the Speaking Test
The use of the English songs and puppets with applying some activities was successful in improving the students’ speaking skill in two Cycles. That findingcould
be inferred from the observations of the teaching and learning process, and theinterviews with the students and the teacher. Besides, it was also supportedby the
result of the pre-test and the post-test of the students’ speaking skill. Theresearcher conducted the pre-test on Monday, 14
th
April 2014.In this speaking test, the students were asked to describe a puppet. The topic of the pre-test was describing people.
There was only one assignment in the test. The researcher had made score table to gather all of the students’ score.
Meanwhile, the post-test was conducted on Wednesday, 7
th
May 2014.The topic was still the same. The students were asked to describe the same puppet as in
the pre-test. To assess the students’ speaking skill in the post-test, the researcher also made score table of the test. The students’ speaking scores in the pre-test can be seen
in the Appendix. Meanwhile, the summary of the result of the pre-test can be seen in the table below:
Table 8: The Result of the Students’ Speaking Skill Scores in the Pre-test Data
Pre-Test MEAN
Total 141.87
6.222 Number of the Students
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From the table8, based on the researcher’s assessment, it was found that the mean of the students’ speaking skill score was 6.22. From that assessment, it can be
inferred that the students’ speaking skill was low because the minimum passing criteria KKMKriteria Ketuntasan Minimum of the English subject in this school
was 6.5. In the post test, the researcher reviewed the students’ speaking skill scores by
using the same score table. The result of the students’ speaking scores in the post-test can be seen in the Appendix. The summary of the students’ speaking skill in the post-
test was presented in Table 9 below.
Table 9: The Result of the Students’ Speaking Skill Scores in the Post-test Data
Post-Test MEAN
Total 166.625
7.2638 Number of the Students
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Based on the table 9, from the researcher’s assessment, it was found that the mean of the students’ speaking skill score was 7.26. Thus, almost the students had
passed the minimum passing grade KKM. From that result, it could be concluded that the students’ speaking skill had improved since the means of the students’
speaking skill score had improved. The table shows that the mean is6.22 in the pre- test, while in the post-test is7.26.
To make the data clearer, the researcher presents the data in the following chart:
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Figure 1: The chart of the students’ score improvement from the pre testand the post test
E. Discussions
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