The Effect Of Point Counterpoint Strategy On Students’ Speaking Ability

Abstract

Syah Reza Zein. NPM. 1402050050. ‘’The Effect of Point Counterpoint Strategy on Student’s Speaking Ability’’; Skripsi: English Education Program of Faculty Teachers’ Training and Education. University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Medan. 2018. The objectives of this study is to find out the significant effects of applying Point Counterpoint Strategy on Student’s Speaking Ability. This research was an experimental research and the was conducted in SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 07 MEDAN, Eight Grade during 2017/2018 Academic Years. The population was 110 students and the sample were 60 students. Random sampling technique was applied to take the sample. Class VIII-4 was chosen by applying Point Counterpoint Strategy and Class VIII-3 by using Conventional method. The instrument in collecting the data was oral test: namely by asking the students to represent the information based on the topic that researcher given and asked them one by one while research listen to them. Helped by the teacher English, Then the scoreswere classified based on speaking creation, they were vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, comprehension, and grammar. The findings indicated that t observe (6,07) was higher than t table (2,22). The result shows that the hypothesis that there was significant Effect of Applying Point Counterpoint Strategy on students’ Speaking ability in junior high school.