The Effectiveness of Story Completion Technique in Teaching Speaking for the Tenth Grade Students at SMAN 6 Kediri
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- Speaking is one of the most important skills in learning a foreign language, especially English. Speaking is the ability to express, convey ideas or feelings verbally. Researchers found that many students who learn English still have problems communicating with others because their speaking skills have not been developed properly and are supported by the learning process in the classroom which is not yet on target because the techniques used do not work optimally with the situation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the use of story completion techniques in the learning process of speaking for the tenth grade students of SMAN 6 Kediri. This research methodology use a quasi-experimental design with the treatment held in three meetings, 2 x 45 minutes for each class. This design uses a pre-test posttest to determine students' speaking abilities before treatment and after treatment. The population of this research is the students of class X SMAN 6 Kediri. Samples were taken two classes, one class as an experimental class was X IPS 1 consisting of 36 students and the other class as a control class was X IPS 2 consisting of 35 students. In collecting data, the researcher used instruments in pre-test and post-test. Test instruments speak in oral form. After giving a post-test, the researchers then analyzed the data using SPSS 21.0. The results of this research showed that the data are normally distributed. It was proven by the Shapiro-Wilk test that p is (0.266) for pre-test of the experimental group, p (0.212) for pre-test of the control group, p (0.135) for posttest of the experimental group, and p (0.165) for post-test of the control group. Those were higher than α (0.05). The Levene’s test showed p (0.920) > α (0.05). The homogeneity regression showed that p (0.419) > α (0.05). It means there is no interaction between covariate variables and independent variables. Then, the result of ANCOVA showed that the significant value p is (0,000) < α (0.05). It was enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis. Based on the above findings, the researcher concludes that Story completion is an effective technique for improving students' speaking skills.