The Effect of Applying Podcast as Media on the Students’ Achievement in Speaking

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out the effect of applying Podcast as media on the students’ achievement in speaking. This research has been conducted at SMK Swasta Pelita Hamparan Perak Jl. Emplasmen Bulu Cina Kec. Hamparan Perak of academic year 2016/2017. The population were 66 students and the sample of this research were 32 students. This research was descriptive quantitative research and conducted by the experimental research design, so the students’ score were experimented by applying Podcast as media in this research in order to know their speaking achievement. The instrument of this research was oral test. From this research, it was showed that the application of Podcast as media increase the students’ achievement in speaking, which was proven by the result of the test tcounted>ttable ( 18.53 > 2.04 ). So, the applying of Podcast as media had a significant effect on the students’ speaking achievement. In other words, the students who were taught by applying Podcast as media got better achievement from pre test to post test. It meant that alternative hypothesis was accepted or Podcast as media gave significant effect on the students’ achievement in speaking