THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING GALLERY WALK STRATEGY IN IMPROVING SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT OF RECOUNT TEXT OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK NEGERI 2 PALEMBANG
Daftar Isi:
- The objective of this study was to find out whether or not using Gallery Walk Strategy was effective in improving speaking achievement of recount text of the tenth grade students of SMK Negeri 2 Palembang. The sample was 70 students of SMK Negeri 2 Palembang which were taken by using convenience sampling method from 909 total of population. This study used one of the quasi-experimental design that was pretest posttest control group design. The students were divided into two groups – the experimental and control groups. The experimental group was required to do some phases in treatment of 16 meetings including pretest and posttest in accordance with introducing the strategy of teaching speaking that was Gallery Walk Strategy. The data were obtained through speaking test to know the students speaking achievement of recount text. The test was administered twice as pretest and posttest in both groups. Two raters did the scoring for the students’ pretest and posttest based on the rubric provided by the writer. The result of the experimental group which was analyzed by using paired sample T-test was t=7.965>t-table=2.032 and independent sample T-test was t=8.287>t-table=1.995. The result indicated that Gallery Walk Strategy was effective in improving speaking achievement of recount text of the tenth grade students of SMK Negeri 2 Palembang.