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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TIC-TAC-TOE GAME IN TEACHING SPEAKING
(An Experimental Study at Tenth Grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Tambak in Academic Year 2015/2016)
A THESIS
Submitted to the English Education Department as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S. Pd Degree
By SRI HARTATI
1201050089
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP
I hereby state that the thesis entitled The Effectiveness of Tic-Tac-Toe Game in
Teaching Speaking (An Experimenntal Study at the Tenth Grade of SMA
Muhammadiyah Tambak in Academic Year 2015/2016) is my own original study
result. There is no other’s work or statement that I did not put in the references.
Purwokerto, 15 Juli 2016
Sri Hartati
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin. Praise be to Allah SWT for all His wonderful mercy
and blessing, the health and the power given to me, and the prophet Muhammad
SAW for bringing His tenet to us, so I could complete my thesis. This thesis is
submitted to fulfill one of the requirements to get S.Pd Degree from University of
Muhammadiyah Purwokerto. In making this thesis, there were a lot of help and
support from several people. Therefore, I would like to thank the followings for
all the helps and support.
1. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum., the Dean of the Teacher Training and Education
Faculty who permitted me to conduct this study.
2. Listiani, M.Pd., my supervisor who gave his time to give suggestions,
coreection, guidance, and helps patiently during the process of writing this
thesis.
3. All of the lecturers in English Education Department.
4. Ahmad Syahid, S.Pd.I, the Headmaster of SMA Muhammadiyah Tambak
who has given the permission to collect the data for this thesis.
5. Mukhsin Rifa’i, S.Pd., the English teacher of the eighth grade students of
SMA Muhammadiyah Tambak who already helped me in collecting the
data.
6. The tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah Tambak, particularly
X-1 and X-2 class who have good participation in this study.
Finally, this thesis is hoped to be able to provide useful knowledge and
information for the readers, although I am sure, there are still many
weaknesses in this thesis. Therefore, suggestions from the readers in order
to make it better will be really appreciated.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb
Purwokerto, 15 Juli 2016
Sri Hartati
DEDICATION
Bismillaahirrohmaanirrohiim,
This thesis is dedicated to:
1. My beloved parents (Ibu Suwarsih dan Bapa Harsono), I do love you. Thank you very much for the valuable efforts, prayer and contributions in making my education success. You are my best supporter.
2. My beloved sisters (Tri Setyawati and Suryani) and my beloved brother (Ari Wahyudi) who always give advice, spirit and love.
3. My close friend. Thanks for all your kindess. You always be my true listener.
4. My new family in “Pondok Durian” (Oktri Manggi Astuti, Novi
Widayanti, Nela Sagita, Syukur Sri Mia, Yudhi Amriati, Leni Rohmawati, Kintri Atikah Sani, Kurnia, Dian Alif, Dwi Korani, Rian Purwiyanti, Tiara and Via). Thanks for our togetherness.
5. My rainbow family (Oktri, Erna, Dayang, Leni, Wanda, Tiyas, Riris, Widi, Yuli, Puspa, Livah, Mba Anah, Mba Wenti, Niswah, Indah, Titis, Eka, Tika, Adit, Dona, Eko, Ginanda, Ragil, Mas Imam, Mas Bayu, Sunu, and Septian). You have tought me about togetherness.
6. My “apaz” family (Wanda Riyani, Aulia Fitria, Rahmatika Forestiasari, Eka Riyanti, Leila I. Imanggiasih, Tika Lestari, Utami Maharani, Saeful Itman, Agus Susanto, Supeno, Firdaus Akmal, Aditya Yoga, and Rizaldi Faiz). You have tought me about tolerance and togetherness.
7. My best friends (Novi, Oktri, Erna, Dayang, Mia, Wanda and Tiyas). Thanks for the time, joy and our friendship.
MOTTO
“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
“My Success is only by Allah” (Qur’an 11: 88)
“And he is with you wherever you are” (Qur’an 57: 4)
“So be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth.” (Qur’an 30: 60)
“ Allah will never change one’s destiny. Leave the bad things in the past to get the bright future.”
(QS. Arra’du: 11)
TABLE OF CONTENT
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... vii
DEDICATION ... ix
4. Teaching Speaking... 8
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. Result ... 36
B. Discussion ... 41
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ... 43
B. Suggestion ... 43
REFERENCES... 44
APPENDICES... 46
LIST OF CHART
Chart 1. Result of the Experimental Group... 37
Chart 2. Result of the Control Group... 38
Chart 3. Class Mean Result of the Pre-test and Post-test of the
Experimental Group and Control Group... 39
Chart 4. The Comparison Result of Each Speaking’ Aspect... 40
LIST OF TABLE
Table 1. The Time Schedule of The Research... 27
Table 2. Scoring Table... 29
Table 3. Weighting Table... 31
Table 4. T-test Table... 33
Table 5. The Result of T-test... 41
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1. Syllabus...
Appendix 2. Lesson Plan...
Appendix 3. Pre-test and Post-test Item...
Appendix 4. Tic-Tac-Toe Game Board...
Appendix 5. Students Score...
Appendix 6. Measuring T-Value...
Appendix 7. Class Mean...
Appendix 8. The Result of Each Speaking’ Aspect...
Appendix 9. T-Table...
Appendix 10. Permission Letters...
ABSTRACT
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TIC-TAC-TOE GAME IN TEACHING SPEAKING
By SRI HARTATI
1201050089
The aim of the research was to get the evidence whether or not Tic-Tac-Toe Game was effective in teaching speaking at tenth grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Tambak in Academic Year 2015/2016. This research used quasi experiment method in which the subject of the research was the students of the first grade in SMA Muhammadiyah Tambak. The total numbers of the students were 30 students, and they were from X-1 as the experimental group which consisted of the 14 students and X-2 as the control group which consisted of 16 students. Tic-Tac-Toe Game was implemented in experimental group, while the control group was treated with conventional technique of teaching. The data was collected by conducting pre-test and post-test in the form of practicing a monologue about describing people. After the data were obtained, it was then analyzed using t-test. The result of the t-test was 2.222, and it was higher than t-table (2.048) at α 0.05 with df= 28. Therefore, it can be concluded that Tic-Tac-Toe Game was effective in teaching speaking at the tenth grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Tambak in Academic Year 2015/2016.
Keywords: Tic-Tac-Toe Game, Speaking, Experimental study
