A Comparative Study between Information Gap Activities and Role Play to Teach Speaking (An Experimental Research at the 8

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A Comparative Study between Information Gap Activities and Role

Play to Teach Speaking

(An Experimental Research at the 8

th

_{Grade of Junior High School 3}

Karanganyar in 2017/2018 Academic Year)

A THESIS

Ika Yunia Wardany K2213031

Submitted to Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of Obtaining the

Undergraduate Degree of Education

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

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v ABSTRACT

Ika Yunia Wardany. K2213031. A Comparative Study between Information Gap

Activities and Role Play to Teach Speaking (An Experimental Research at the 8th_{Grade of Junior High School 3 Karanganyar in 2017/2018 Academic Year).} A Thesis, Surakarta: Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, November, 2017.

This study was aimed to find out: (1) whether there is a significant difference in speaking skill between students taught using Information Gap Activities and those taught using Role Play; and (2) whether Information Gap Activities is more effective than Role Play to teach speaking. The research method used in this research is an experimental research design. This research was conducted at Junior High School 3 Karanganyar in 2017/2018 Academic Year. The population of the research is the 8th grade students Junior High School 3 Karanganyar. The samples are class VIII I as the experimental class which consists of 32 students and class VIII A as the control class which consists of 32 students. The research instrument used to collect the data in this study is test. The data were analysed by using t-test formula. The computation of the t-test shows that t observation (to) = 6.6951 is higher than t table (62, 0.05) =

1.999. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in speaking skill between the students taught using Information Gap Activities and those taught using Role Play. The mean score of experimental group is 71.37, while the mean score of control group is 64.06. Therefore, it can be concluded that Information Gap Activities is more effective than Role Play to teach speaking.

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vi MOTTO

 Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear (Al-Baqarah: 286)

 Without dreams, we reach nothing; without love, we feel nothing; and

without God, we are nothing (Mesut Ö_zil–_{Arsenal Football Player)}

 Everybody has their own time zone. Just enjoy your own! (Ika Yunia

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DEDICATION

This thesis is dedicated to:

1. Allah SWT

2. My beloved parents

3. My younger brother and sisters

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, the writer praises Allah SWT for His blessing to the writer that she

can finish this thesis successfully. This thesis cannot be done without the assistance

and guidance from many people. Therefore, the writer would like to offer her sincere

thanks to:

1. The Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret

University.

2. Teguh Sarosa, S.S., M.Hum as The Head of English Department of Teacher

Training and Education Faculty

3. Dr. Ngadiso, M.Pd., the writer’s first consultant, for his guidance and critical

corrections during his busy schedule to make this thesis better.

4. Teguh Sarosa, S.S., M.Hum as the writer’s second consultant, for his guidance

and advices.

5. Dr. Abdul Asib, M.Pd the researcher’s academic consultant, for the

motivation, kindness, and advice.

6. Safrudin, S.Pd the Headmaster in Junior High School 3 Karanganyar, who has

given the writer permission for conducting the research.

7. Noer Poedji Hastoeti, S.Pd, the English Teacher in Junior High School 3

Karanganyar, for her sincerity in guiding the writer during the research. Thank

you for the lesson.

8. The English Education Department Lecturers for patiently giving valuable

knowledge and experience for these years.

9. The writer’s family, her beloved parents, for the prayers, supports, and

patience.

10.The writer’s best friends, Anis, Alice, Arum, Nimas and Nissa for being her

second family.

11.The writer’s best friends since Senior High School, Awal, Erna and Iyas.

Thank you for always supporting.

12.The writer’s best friends who are in the same consultant Anis, Indri, Laksita

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13.The writer’s friends during the research, Rika, Iyas, Vera and Restu. Thank

you for the help and companion.

14.Mbak Gedis and Mas Indra, thank you so much for a lot of help that is given

to the writer.

15.The B Class of English Education Department 2013 for the togetherness and

memories for more than 4 years.

The writer is the one who is responsible of any errors that may remain in this

work. Therefore, constructive feedback, comments, suggestions, and criticism are

gratefully welcomed for the betterment of this thesis. The writer hopes this thesis

will give some knowledge for the reader and can contribute for further research in

the future.

Surakarta, December 2017

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B.Problem Identification ... 5

C.Problem Limitation ... 6

D.Problem Statements ... 6

E. Objectives of the Study ... 6

F. Benefit of the Study ... 6

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C.The Notion of Information Gap Activities ... 16

1. The Definition of Information Gap Activities ... 16

2. The Procedure of Information Gap Activities ... 17

3. The Advantages of Information Gap Activities ... 19

4. The Disadvantages of Information Gap Activities ... 20

D.The Notion of Role Play ... 21

D.The Technique of Collecting Data ... 32

1. The Instrument of Collecting Data ... 32

E. The Techniques of Analyzing Data ... 33

1. Descriptive Statistics ... 33

2. Normality Test ... 35

3. Homogeneity Test ... 36

4. T-test ... 37

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xii CHAPTER IV THE RESULT OF THE STUDY

A.Description of the Data ... 39

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION, IMPLICATION, AND SUGGESTION A.Conclusion ... 57

B.Implication ... 57

C.Suggestion ... 59

BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 61

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1 Scoring Rubric for Speaking Test ... 15

Table 3.1 The Schedule of the Research ... 29

Table 3.2 Readability of the Instruction ... 32

Table 4.1 The Frequency Distribution of Experimental Group Pretest Scores ... 40

Table 4.2 The Frequency Distribution of Control Group Pretest Scores ... 43

Table 4.3 The Frequency Distribution of Experimental Group Posttest Scores... 45

Table 4.4 The Frequency Distribution of Control Group Posttest Scores ... 48

Table 4.5 The Result of Normality Test for Experimental and Control Groups Pretest Scores ... 51

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 4.1 The Histogram of the Data Distribution of Pretest Scores of the

Experimental Group ... 41

Figure 4.2 The Polygon of the Data Distribution of Pretest Scores of the

Figure 4.3 The Histogram of the Data Distribution of Pretest Scores of

the Control Group ... 43

Figure 4.4 The Polygon of the Data Distribution of Pretest Scores of the

Control Group ... 44

Figure 4.5 The Histogram of the Data Distribution of Posttest Scores of

the Experimental Group ... 46

Figure 4.6 The Polygon of the Data Distribution of Posttest Scores of the

Figure 4.7 The Histogram of the Data Distribution of Posttest Scores of

the Control Group ... 48

Figure 4.8 The Polygon of the Data Distribution of Posttest Scores of the

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1 Schedule of the Research ... 66

Appendix 2 Syllabus of the 8th _{Grade of Junior High School ...} ₆₇

Appendix 3 Lesson Plan of the Experimental and the Control Group ... 90

Appendix 4 Readability of Try-out Test ... 147

Appendix 5 Result of Readability of Speaking Test ... 148

Appendix 6 Speaking Test Instruction ... 149

Appendix 7 Pretest Scores of Experimental and Control Groups ... 150

Appendix 8 Descriptive Statistics of Pretest Scores of Experimental and Control Groups ..………... 152

Appendix 9 Normality Test of Pretest of Experimental and Control Groups... 156

Appendix 10 Homogeneity Test of Pretest of Experimental and Control Groups 160 Appendix 11 Computation of t-test of Pretest of Experimental and Control Groups ... 163

Appendix 12 Posttest Scores of Experimental and Control Groups ... 166

Appendix 13 Descriptive Statistics of Posttest Scores of Experimental and Control Groups ... 168

Appendix 14 Normality Test of Posttest of Experimental and Control Groups . 172 Appendix 15 Homogeneity Test of Posttest of Experimental and Control Groups ... 177

Appendix 16 Computation of t-test of Posttest of Experimental and Control Groups ... 180

Appendix 17 Students’ Worksheet ... 183

Appendix 18 Standard Normal Distribution Table ... 191

Appendix 19 Lilliefors Table ... 192

Appendix 20 Chi-square Distribution Table ... 193

Appendix 21 t-distribution Table ... 194

Appendix 22 Photographs ... 195