Abstract:
This study deals with The Effect of Story Completion Technique assisted by
Wayang art Media toward Students‟ Speaking Ability For Second Grade Junior
High School.The objectives of this research were to find out the effect Story
Completion Technique assisted by Wayang art Media toward Students‟ Speaking
Ability For Second Grade Junior High School and to find out the students‟
difficulties in speaking. The population of this research was the Second Grade
grade students of SMPAsuhan Jaya Medan, with the total population were 75
students. And 50 students were taken as the sample. Cluster random sampling
technique was applied in taking the sample. The total sample consisted of 50
students and the sample was divided into two group, the experimental group and
control group. The instrument for collecting data in this research was oral test,
pre-test and post-test were given to the both group, experimental and control
group. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The finding showed that
the students taught by Story Completion Technique Toward Students Speaking
Ability For Second Grade Junior High School got the higher score than those
taught by Discussion method. The result showed that tobserved (16.02) was higher
than ttable (2.01), at a = 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) = 48. It meant that the
null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. In
conclusion, the students‟ achievement in speaking by using Story Completion
Technique was more significant than using Discussion method. The students‟
difficulties in speaking English was grammar. It was one of indicators of speaking
that got the lowest score where the total score of vocabulary was 306,
comprehension was 287, pronunciation was 306, fluency was 291 and grammar
was 264. It was because they less practice in tenses, so they got difficulties in
speaking English.
