THE INFLUENCE OF STORY TELLING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY

Main Authors: Rasika, Dede Jihan; Lampung University, Sukirlan, Muhammad; Lampung University, Suka, Ramlan Ginting; Lampung University
Format: Article info application/pdf eJournal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: FKIP UNILA , 2013
Online Access: http://jurnal.fkip.unila.ac.id/index.php/123/article/view/973
http://jurnal.fkip.unila.ac.id/index.php/123/article/view/973/603
Daftar Isi:
  • The objectives of this research were to investigate whether or not storytelling technique  influences studentsâ€TM speaking ability and to find out whether or not storytelling give positive respond in English teaching learning. The study employed one group pretest posttest design. Repeated measure t-test was used to analyze the data and the hypothesis testing was computed using SPSS version 15.0.The result showed that storytelling technique is applicable to increase the studentsâ€TM speaking ability, especially in terms of fluency, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and comprehensibility. In pretest studentsâ€TM mean score was 49.13 while in posttest it became 62.86. in terms of the aspects of speaking, it can be reported that studentsâ€TM fluency increased from 9.80 to 12.26 (gain of 2.46), pronunciation increased from 10.00 to 12.53 (gain of 2.53), grammar increased from 9.86 to 13.00 (gain of 3.14), vocabulary increased from 9.60 to 12.40 (gain of 2.80), and the comprehension increased from 9.86 to 12.66 (gain of 2.80). The result of the questionnaires gave a very positive respond toward storytelling technique on students speaking ability. It can be concluded that storytelling technique gave significant influence toward studentsâ€TM speaking ability and get positive respond. Keywords: speaking ability, storytelling, storytelling techniqueÂ