The Effectiveness of Using Fishbowl Method in Teaching Speaking at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMKN 1 Karanganyar in the Academic Year of 2015/2016

Abstract

There are many methods in teaching speaking. One of them is Fishbowl method. Fishbowl method is a format discussion that some students make discussion circle and other students make listener circle around of discussion. The objectives of this study are: (1) to describe the students’ ability in speaking after being taught by using Fishbowl method; (2) to find out whether the use of Fishbowl method is effective or not to improve speaking ability at the eleventh grade stdents of SMKN 1 Karanganyar. In this research, the researcher took 72 students of the eleventh grade of SMKN 1 Karanganyar in the academic year of 2015/2016 as the sample. The technique of collecting the data were oral test about analytical exposision in pre-test, treatment, and post test. Statistically, the researcher analyzed the data by using t-test. The result of the test showed that the mean of experimental group was 75.56. It means that the eleventh grade students of SMKN 1 Karanganyar were categorized as good in improving speaking ability using Fishbowl method. Meanwhile, the t-test obtained is 4.69. Since t-test is higher than t-table (4.69>1.99), so the hypothesis is accepted. It means that teaching speaking by using Fishbowl method is effective and give positive contribution toward the students’ speaking ability to the eleventh grade students of SMKN 1 Karanganyar in the academic year of 2015/2016. The teacher can apply Fishbowl method in teaching speaking as the alternative way to teach speaking that easier to understand by the students. Keywords: Effectiveness, Fishbowl Method, Teaching