Abstract:
Syah Reza Zein. NPM. 1402050050. ‘’The Effect of Point Counterpoint
Strategy on Student’s Speaking Ability’’; Skripsi: English Education
Program of Faculty Teachers’ Training and Education. University of
Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Medan. 2018.
The objectives of this study is to find out the significant effects of applying Point
Counterpoint Strategy on Student’s Speaking Ability. This research was an
experimental research and the was conducted in SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 07
MEDAN, Eight Grade during 2017/2018 Academic Years. The population was
110 students and the sample were 60 students. Random sampling technique was
applied to take the sample. Class VIII-4 was chosen by applying Point
Counterpoint Strategy and Class VIII-3 by using Conventional method. The
instrument in collecting the data was oral test: namely by asking the students to
represent the information based on the topic that researcher given and asked them
one by one while research listen to them. Helped by the teacher English, Then the
scoreswere classified based on speaking creation, they were vocabulary,
pronunciation, fluency, comprehension, and grammar. The findings indicated that
t observe (6,07) was higher than t table (2,22). The result shows that the
hypothesis that there was significant Effect of Applying Point Counterpoint
Strategy on students’ Speaking ability in junior high school.
