THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FISHBOWL TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE SECOND GRADE OF MAN 1 KUTOWINANGUN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Abstract

The study was aimed at knowing the level of students’ speaking skill and finding out whether fishbowl technique was effective or not to improve the students speaking skill at the second grade of MAN 1 Kutowinangun in the academic year of 2013/2014 The population of the study consists of 290 students of second grade students of MAN 1 Kutowinangun in the Academic Year 2013/2014. The sample of the study consists of 66 students of 2 classes. The method of research is quantitative research. The research calculation both manually and by using SPSS program version 16.0. The results of this research showed that the mean score of experimental group was 73.9 and the mean of control group was 62.9. To see whether the hypothesis was accepted or rejected, the t-value was consulted to the t-table at the 0.05 significance level. It shows that the t-table was 1.99 and the t-value was 6.32. It means that t-value was higher than t-table, that was 6.32 > 1.99. It means that there is improvement in students’ speaking skill after taught by using fishbowl technique.