Abstract:
This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of using jigsaw
learning technique in increasing students’ speaking ability in the english debate
class. It was an experimental research. The subject was students of semester
seventh in UMSU English Education Major specificly in english debate class.
Two classes were takeng by total sampling which divided into 2 groups. 43
students in VII-A Morning as Experimental group and 42 students in VII-B
Afternoon as Control group. The instrument used in this research is oral test. The
analysis were showed that the score of the students in the experimental group
were significantly higher than the score of the students in control goup at the level
of significance. Jigsaw Technique was proven significant enough to raise students
idea, especially in debating class.
