Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the significant effects of applying Ground Rules
technique on the students’ achievement in speaking. The objectives of this study
is to find out the significant effects of applying Ground Rules Technique on the
students achievement in English speaking skill. This research was an experimental
research and the was conducted in SMP NEGERI 42 MEDAN, Seventh Grade
during 2016/2017 Academic Years. The population was 212 students and the
sample were 60students. Random sampling technique was applied to take the
sample. Class VII˗B was chosen by applying Ground Rules Technique and Class
VII˗D 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 by recording. Then the scoreswere classified based on speaking creation,
they were vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, comprehension, and grammar. The
findings indicated that t˗ observe (9,57) was higher than t˗ table (2,22). The
result shows that the hypothesis that there was significant Effect of Applying
Ground Rules Technique on the students’ achievement in speaking in junior high
school.
