TEACHING SPEAKING THROUGH SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION METHOD

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This research, entitled Teaching Speaking through Small Group Discussion Method, aims to know whether small group discussion method improves students’ speaking skill effectively. This research uses a quantitative approach. The population was all students at a Ma’had in 2019/2020 academic year that consisted of 178 students. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling, and the chosen classes had 16 students, where there were 8 students in the experimental class and 8 students in the controlled class. The instrument used was speaking tests. In analyzing the data, the researcher used t-test calculation. The results show that the value of t_{0(observation)} was 0.97 and df (degree of freedom) which is 14 met the degree of significance of 5% (0.05), gave us the significance degree value that is 1.76. After consulting to the t_t(table), we found that t₀=0.97 < t_t=1.76. Therefore since the t-table is bigger than t-observation, the alternative hypothesis (H_a) is rejected and the null hypothesis (H₀) is accepted. Based on the results of the data above, it is true that small group discussion is not effective on the students’ speaking skill when it was applied at the Ma’had. One of the factors that caused this method to fail was because of the class condition that was not suitable. The result is their speaking skill was not improved effectively. So, the students need other methods as well to improve their speaking skill.

Keywords: teaching, speaking, small group discussion method.