The Effectiveness of Using Focus Group Discassion Method in Teaching Speaking At the Eighth Grade of SMP N 20 Purworejo in the Academic Year of 2016/2017

Abstract

The aim of this research is to know the level of students’ speaking skill at the eighth grade students of SMP N 20 Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017. Besides, the other aim of this research is to find out whether Focus Group Discussion Method is effective or not in teaching speaking at the eighth grade students of SMP N 20 Purworejo. This research is classified as pre experimental research. Moreover, this research is conducted by using quantitative technique in processing the data and getting the result. Therefore, the type of this research is experimental quantitative research. In this research, the researcher took 32 students at the eighth grade students of SMP N 20 Purworejo in the academic year of 2016/2017. The researcher conducted pre-test and post-test. The researcher usesFocus Group Discussion as the method to teach speakimg. Statistically, the researcher analyzed the data by using t-test. The result of this research shows that The result of this research shows that Focus Group Discussion Methodis effective for teaching speaking for the eighth grade students of SMP N 20 Purworejo in the Academic year of 2016/2017, since it was found that the result of t-test is -15.952 based on 0.05 significance level, and the value of t-table