effectiveness of using small group discussion technique on students’ speaking skill.
C. The Interpretation and Discussion of Data
From the result of statistical calculation indicated that the value of t
o
t observation was 5.49 and the writer used degree of freedom df 48 which got
from the research. The writer used the degree of significance of 5. In the table of significance, it is known that on the df 48 and the degree of significance 5, the
value of degree significance is 2.011. After consulting t
o
t
t
, the writer obtained t
o
was smaller than t
t
in degree of significance 5 that is t
o
: t
t
2.011 5.49. It means that t-table was lower than t-table. Since t
table
score is lower than t score in
the table obtained from the calculation, the alternative hypothesis Ha is accepted and the null hypothesis H
is rejected. Based on result of data above, it is true that small group discussion is
effective on students’ speaking skill. It can be seen from the result that coefficient is 5.49. It proves that the small group discussion technique is effective in teaching
speaking skill. From the data presented, majority of the student in experimental class increase their score although some students did not. Thus, it concludes that
using small group discussion affect students’ achievement of MTs. Darul Ma’arif Jakarta on speaking score.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion
According to the data described previously, it can be seen that the mean score of pre-test in experimental class before implementing technique of small
group discussion is 54.632, and the mean of score post-test after implementation is 69.836. As it happened in controlled class taught without technique of small
group discussion, the mean score of pre-test is 55.292, and the mean score of post- test is 62.368. The data analysis also showed that the value of t
is 5.94 and the t
table
is 2.011. It is clear that t
o
is bigger than t
table
at significance level. Because t is bigger than t
table
, so the hypothesis of the research: “There is an effectiveness of small group discussion on students’ speaking skill at eighth grade students of
MTs. Darul Ma’arif Jakarta” is accepted. Contrary, the result of calculation showed that null hypothesis: “There is no an effectiveness of small group
discussion on students’ speaking skill” is rejected. In summary, this study showed that there is an effectiveness of using
small group discussion technique on students’ speaking skill at eighth grade of MTs. Darul Ma’arif Jakarta.
B. Suggestion
Some suggestions which might be useful for the students, the teacher, and the other researchers who are interested in this study are as follows:
1. For the teachers In conducting speaking activities, teachers should have several
references of teaching technique. Small group discussion is one of the techniques. This technique is one of the alternative ways of promoting
speaking activity to avoid students’ bore of lecturing. The teachers should encourage students to speak without fears. They also should give
motivation to the passive students because cooperative learning required
active participant from the student by giving the procedure of leading small group discussion in a fun way.
2. For the students The students, particularly elementary students who learn English
should learn how to use the language in real and be brave to speak in front of people, do not ever feel shy to speak. One of the ways to easily practice
it is to experience small group discussion. The keys are to pick up interesting topics which are genuine reason for them to speak and not to
feel shy or afraid making mistakes. Students must practice even in outside classroom to increase their English speaking skill fluently. Discussing
their problems and finding out the solution with their friends.for example 3. For the other researchers
The writer realizes that this research gives a little knowledge only, so further researchers are required. In this study, the writer only deals with
students of the eighth grade of students with certain characteristic, whereas there are other grades of students with some other characteristics which
are not analyzed here. Hopefully, this study can stimulate other researchers to conduct other researches related to this field.
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