IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH IMAGINARY CONVERSATION

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not the application of Imaginary Conversation can improve the speaking skill of the eleventh grade students at SMAN 1 Kasimbar. The researcher applies a quasi-experimental research design. The population of this research is the eleventh grade students. The sample of the research is taken by applying cluster sampling technique. The choosen samples are XI IPA 1 as the experimental group and XI IPA 2 as the control group. The instrument of collecting research data is test (pre-test and post-test). The pre-test is administered on August 4^th2016 and the post-test is done December 6^th 2016. In analyzing the data, the researcher counted the mean score. The mean of post-test of experimental group is 75.26, while the post-test of the control group is 58.85. These show the significant difference of both group. That is 16.41. It means that the Imaginary Conversation is proven to be effective in improving speaking skill of the students. To interprete the data, the researcher used 0.05 level of significance and 61 degree of freedom (df). The results of the analysis shows that t_obs is 4.002 and t_table is 1.999. The results of the data analysis indicate that the t_obs is higher than t_table, and the hypothesis is accepted. In conclusion, the application of Imaginary Conversation improves the speaking skills.

Keywords: Speaking Skill; Imaginary Conversation