USING TALKING CHIPS TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT OF 11th GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 INDRALAYA UTARA
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- The objectives of this study were to find out whether or not there were a significant difference in speaking achievement of students who were taught by using Talking Chips technique, a significant difference in speaking achievement between the students who were taught by using Talking Chips technique and those who were not, and a significant improvement in each aspect of speaking achievement after they were taught by using Talking Chips technique. The sample of this study was 61 eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Indralaya Utara which were grouped into a control and an experimental groups. In collecting the data, each group was assigned a pretest and a posttest. The data were analyzed statistically by using paired and independent sample t-test. The results of this study are as follows: 1) there was a significant difference in speaking achievement of students who were taught by using Talking Chips technique; the mean difference was 9.355 and p-value=.000, 2) there was a significant difference in speaking achievement between the students who were taught by using Talking Chips technique and those who were not (mean diff= 13.65, and p-value=.000), and 3) there was significant improvement in each aspect of students’ speaking achievement. In conclusion, there was a significant difference in speaking achievement between the students who were taught by using Talking Chips technique and those who were not. The result of this study showed that Talking Chips Technique is effective in improving students’ speaking achievement.