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2. What are the students’ responses towards the implementation of teaching
speaking through storytelling?
3.3. Research Hypothesis
Hypothesis, according to Marczyk, DeMatteo, and Festinger 2005: 8, is ‘simply an educated - and testable
– guess to your research question.’ Based on their opinion, it can be concluded that hypothesis is prediction about expected
relationship between two variables tested in the research. Null hypothesis H
was used in this study as foundation. The null hypothesis H
in this study is that there is no difference of students’ speaking skill between before and after storytelling treatment. While the alternative hypothesis H
A
in this study is that there is a significant difference of students’ speaking skill
between before and after storytelling treatment. The statistical analysis of t-test was applied in this study to determine the
mean of pre-test scores was different from that of post-test scores; with the level of significance of 0.05. The significance of the test was analyzed by using SPSS
16 for windows.
Table 3.2. The Characteristics of the Study
Null hypothesis H There is no difference of students’ speaking skill
between before and after storytelling treatment. Alternative hypothesis
H
A
There is a significant difference of students’ speaking skill between before and after storytelling
treatment.
Significant level 0.05
Design
One group pre-test – post-test design
Dependent variable
Students’ speaking skill.
Measurement Score
Independent variable
The implementation of storytelling technique.
Measurement Treatment to the experimental group
Statistical procedure t-test
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3.4. Population and Sample
The population of the study was the students of a university in Bandar Lampung. The sample of the study was the first semester students of English Education.
There were eight classes involved in this study as the population and not all of them were considered as sample of this study. This study involved one class from
the eighth existing classes. So, it was taken purposively. The sample was taken based on certain consideration.
3.5. Research Setting
