Abstract:
This study deal with the effect of Story books application to Students‟
Speaking Achievement. The researcher took this strategy by expecting the student
was active to make a connect communication and real conversation each other and
closer with their teacher in learning English. The effect of this study found the
significant effect on the students‟ achievement taught by using story books
application . This study was conducting by using experimental design with two
groups. They were experimental and control group. In this case, the researcher
took 57 students of SMP Muhammadiyah 08 Medan as the sample. They were
divided into two groups, 29 were taken as experimental group, 28 students were
taken as control group. The instrument of this study was essay test and retelling
the story which consisted of the story on the application of smartphone. The test
was given to the students as the group, the pre-test, treatment and the post-test. To
know the differences between students‟ ability in experimental and control group,
it was analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the t-test showed that the tobserved was higher than t-table (52.98>1.67). It means that Story books
application gave a significant effect on students‟ speaking achievement.
Therefore, a conclusion could be drawn that story books application gave a
positive effect on the students‟ speaking achievement. It meant that the students‟
achievement taught by using story books application was higher than taught by
using conventional methode in speaking. Teacher needed to follow the era by
using technology and combination with the culture right now.
