The Effect of Point-Counterpoint Strategy Assisted by Flash Card Media on Students’ Speaking Achievement

Abstract

This research deals with The Effect of Point-Counterpoint Strategy Assisted by Flash Card Media on Students’ Speaking Achievement in the Senior High School at SMAN 2 Binjai Academic year 2019/2020. The purpose of this study was to find out the effect of applying Point-Counterpoint Strategy on students’ speaking achievement. In this research, the researcher used Experimental method (pre-test and post-test) design. The sample of this research were 60 students. It was chosen by using cluster sampling. The instrument of collecting the data was oral test about giving argument on any topic that the researcher gave. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis showed that t-observed was higher than t-table (3.37 > 2.00) at the level significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom 58. It means that Point-Counterpoint Strategy affects on students’ speaking achievement. This implied that Point-Counterpoint Strategy can be an alternative strategy in teaching speaking in Senior High School