The Effectiveness Of Synectics Model In Teaching Speaking of The Eleventh Grade Students of SMA N 8 of Purworejo in The Academic Year of 2015/2016

Abstract

Language as a means of communication is very necessary to be mastered. Speaking is one of the skills that is very important. Speaking as oral skill is very important for people especiallyfor language learners. Teacher has to find the best teaching model for her students. In this research, the researcher used pre-experimental design using onegroup pretest-posttest design. The research population are the eleventh grade students of SMAN 8 of Purworejo in the academic year of 2015/2016. From 210 students, the researcher takes 31 students as the sample. In this research, the researcher used pre-testand post-test to get the data. From the research finding, the mean of the pre-test scores is 60.84 and the mean of the post-test is 70.35. The value of z-test is -4.859 > -1.960. Based on the result, it means that the hypothesis is accepted. To overcome, the teacher should use interesting method to teach English, especially speaking, in which designed to make students become more active and interested in speaking through inquiry and discussion. For the students should study hard to get more good English achievement, the students should have motivation and also think that English is interesting by able to speak fluently.