The Effectiveness Of AApplying The Recitation Method Assisted By Video In Improving Of Students’ Achievement In Speaking Report Text

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.