The Effect Of Background Knowledge On The Students’ Achievement In Speaking Through Student Facilitator And Explaining Method

Abstract

The objective of the research was to find out the effect of background knowledge on the students‟ achievement in speaking through student facilitator and explaining method. The research was conducted in SMP NEGERI 1 SALAPIAN Jl. Merdeka Tanjung Langkat Kelurahan Tanjung Langkat. The population was the 2016/2017 second years student consisted of 218 students. The researcher used cluster random sampling. The sample was taken from two class of population which consisted of 74 students. The students were dividing into two group, namely two group pre test – post test design. The experimental group was taught by using background knowledge on the students‟ achievement in speaking through student facilitator and explaining method and the control group was taught by traditional method. The instrument used this research was the oral test. In scoring the students‟ speaking achievemnt there are five categories evaluation scale namely vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, pronunciation, and fluency. The data was analyzed by using t-test formula. The findings showed that the to value was greater than tt in which to was 15.92 and tt was 1.669 (15.92 > 1.669). It means that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted.