Abstract:
This thesis deals with The Effectiveness of Applying The Recitation Method
Assisted By Video In Improving of Students’ Achievement In Speaking Report
Text class IX in Junior High School at SMP Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal in the
academic year of 2017/2018. The purpose of study is to find out whether
recitation method significantly affects on students’ speaking skill at SMP
Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal in the Academic Year of 2017/2018. In this research,
the researcher used method experimental (pre-test and post-test groups) design.
The population of this research were 68 students, comprising X-1 and X-2.
Sample had been taken by using cluster sampling based the researcher’s
consideration they are 34 students of class X-1 as experimental group and 34
students of class X-2 as control group. While in experimental group in pre-test
was 58.5 and post-test was 75. The mean of the students’ score for control group
in the pre-test 54 and in post-test was 63.2. The result of calculating t-test showed
that t-observed was higher than t-table (t-observed = 8.62 > t-table = 3.218). It
means that there was significant the effect of recitation method on students’
speaking skill at class IX in SMP Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal in academic year
of 2017/2018. In conclusion the use of recitation method gave significant effect on
students speaking skill.
