THE EFFECT OF USING ENGLISH CORNER TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT 2nd SEMESTER OF STKIP QOMARUDDIN 2016

Abstract

Abstract: Speaking is one of the skills that is badly needed for everyone
including those who are studying English. It is due to the fact that they spend
much of their time in school speaking. In speaking, people communicate their
ideas, taught, and feeling to others. Therefore, speaking belongs to productive
skill which has complexity in practicing directly. This study was conducted to
answer the research problem that is “Is the result posttest scores by using
English Corner of the students of 2nd semester of STKIP Qomaruddin higher
than the result of their pretest score in speaking achievement? Thus, it is
intended to obtain reliable information whether there was a significant
difference between the result posttest and pretest score in the students’
speaking achievement .
The design of the study was pre experimental design. The samples of the
study were taken from the students of second semester of STKIP
QOMARUDDIN . The experimental group was taught speaking skill by using
English corner technique. Before giving the treatment the students were given
pretest and After giving the treatment, the students were also given a post test
for collecting the data.
The data of the test which were in the form of the gained score was
analyzed by using t-test with the significant level of p=5%. It was found that the
mean score of the pretest was 38.50
But the mean of posttest was 71.93 . Then, the statistical computation on
the gained score revealed that the t value was 21.296 while the t table value at p
= 5% is 2.052. It shows that the obtained t value was much higher than that of
the critical one. Thus, it is clear that the difference of the two means gained
score was significant. Therefore, it can be concluded that the application of
English Corner on students’ speaking achievement was most effective.
Then, based on the result of this research, it is suggested to the English
teachers to apply this method in the speaking class. Meanwhile, the researcher
hopes that other researchers can use the findings as the basis to conduct other
research design.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Improving, Speaking achievement, English Corner