Abstract:
This study dealt with the implementation of Index Card Match learning method to
improve students’ achievement in speaking. It aimed 1) to investigate the
improvement on the students’ speaking achievement by applying Index Card
Match learning method 2) to describe the students’ activities in speaking through
the implementation of Index Card Match learning method, and 3) to describe the
teacher’s performance in speaking by applying Index Card Match learning method
.This study was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (CAR).
Descriptive qualitative and quantitative design were applied to do the research.
The subject of this research was all students in VIII-2 of SMP SWASTA BAKTI
II Medan that consisted of 36 students. There were two kinds of data collected in
this research, namely quatitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data were
taken from the students’ scores on speaking, while the qualitative ones obtained
from the observation of students’ activity and teacher’s performance in learning
process. Those data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The research
findings indicated that there was an improvement of students’ scores after appying
Index Card Match learning method; In Pre-test, the students’ average score was
48.52 (no one got score more than 75), in Cycle I, the students’ average score was
69.41 with the graduation score 47.22%(17 people got score more than 75) and in
Cycle II the students’ average score was 81.05 with the graduation score 83.33%
(30 students got score more than 75). It meant that there was an improvement
from Cycle I to Cycle II at 36.11%. It was also found that the students’ activities
and teacher’s performance increased;the average percentage of students’ activity
in the learning process was 50.34% in the first cycle and increased to 79.85% in
the second. While, the teacher’s activity in learning had improved well with the
average percentage of 57.69% in the first cycle and 76.44% in second cycle.
Based on the results from quantitative and qualitative data analysis proved that
Index Card Match learning method improved the students’ achievement in
speaking
