Daftar Isi:
  • Speaking is an important thing of the four language skills because it can distinctly show the correctness and the language errors that language learners makes. Teaching speaking in Indonesia is not easy, because English is learned as foreign language in Indonesia. Some of the errors are commonly made by the students are pronunciation, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and grammar. This problem also happened in MAN 1 Kudus. The students have few amount vocabulary, grammatical structure, and difficulty in practicing of English speaking. Hence, the researcher chooses Walking Dimensions Puppet (WDP) as the media of teaching speaking English. The objective of this research is to find out whether or not there is a significant difference between the speaking ability of the eleventh grader of MAN 1 Kudus in the academic year 2017/2018 before and after being taught by using Walking Dimensions Puppet (WDP). The population of the study was eleventh grader of MAN 1 Kudus in the academic year 2017/2018. The number of population was 387 students divided into ten classes. The researcher used XI MIPA 3 class consisted of 37 students as the sample of this research. The researcher used cluster random sampling which is gotten by taking lottery. The research design used was experimental research design with Pre-test and Post-test by using Walking Dimensions Puppet (WDP) media as a treatment. The research instrument used oral test. At last, the result of the test was analyzed using t-test formula. The t-obtained value (t0)= 13,75 in the level significance =0,05 and degree of freedom “N-1, 37-1=36” with the t-table (tt)= 2.024 So, the t-obtained (t0) = 13,75 falls in the critical region. Because t-obtained fall in critical region, the research hypothesis H1, which states that there is significant difference between the speaking ability of the eleventh grader of MAN 1 Kudus in the academic year 2017/2018 before and after taught by using Walking Dimensions Puppet (WDP) was confirmed. The mean of the post-test (78) is higher than the mean of pre-test (68.7). It means that Walking Dimensions Puppet (WDP) media is an effective media to teach speaking ability of the eleventh grader of MAN 1 Kudus in the academic year 2017/2018. Based on the conclusion of the research, the researcher would like to give suggestion:(1) The teacher can use Walking Dimensions Puppet (WDP) as media in teaching speaking, because the media is effective to tell event happened in the past in real. (2) Further researcher: the result of study can be used as an additional reference.