This thesis study aimed to determine students' speaking skills using debate. It used a pre-experimental research design in which it used a pre-test and post-test comparison to determine the results of the research. To analyze the result of the students' achievements in the pre-test and the post-test on "Implementing a debate to improve students' speaking skills". Pd., Chancellor of Muhammadiyah University, Makassar for his advice during his studies at the university.
Erwin akib, S.Pd., M.Pd., the head of the English Education Department of FKIP UNISMUH Makassar, who gave me valuable authority and suggestions to do thesis. Therefore, it is important to conduct the research under the title "The implementation of debate technique to improve students' abilities in speaking".
Previous Related Findings
Factors that have influenced the improvements are student activation, knowledge, controversial topic, responding to the opinion of others, group work and the implementation of the debate itself. Thirdly, Khoironiyah (2011) did a research entitled "The application of debate in teaching speaking to the eleventh year students of SMA Negeri 2 Rembang in the academic year 2011/2012". The writer as a researcher wanted to know the effect of this method on the students' ability especially speaking ability and to know the strength and weakness debate he applied to the eleventh year students of SMA 2 Rembang as the research subject.
The subject of research was the students of the third year of secondary school. Fifth, Rosyidah (2013) also used the debate technique in her study titled “The Effectiveness of Debate In Improving Students’ Speaking Ability At Twelfth Grade Student Of Smanz 3 Ponorogo In Academic Year 2012/2013”.
The Concept of Speaking
- Definition of Speaking
- Component of Speaking
- Types of Speaking
- The Importance of Speaking
- The characteristic of successful speaking
- The Aassessments of Speaking
- Teaching Speaking
Meanwhile, Widdowsoon defines that speaking is the physical embodiment of abstract system that involves the manifestations of either the phonological system or of the grammatical system of the language or both. For example in "he speaks clearly" clarity or distinctiveness of speech refers to the way in which the phonetic system of the language is manifested in "he speaks correctly" the meaning he says is consistent with the accepted revelations for sentence formation. As stated by the Khoironiyah Success is measured in terms of the ability to hold conversation in language speaking involves the production, reception and processing of information”.
Learners talk as much as possible of the time spent on the activity, which is actually taken up by the learner's conversation. The goal of learning and teaching English in high school is communicative competence.
The Concept of Debate Technique 1. Definition of Debate Technique
- Form of Debate
- The Basic of Debating Ability
- The Principle of Good Debate
- Debate Technique
- Debate and Education
- Procedure of debate
- The Content of Debate
- The Strengths of Debate
- The Weakness of Debate
This House would create a world government.” The subject matter varies from region to region. Four Corners Debate begins with a question or statement, such as: "The federal health care law is a constitutional exercise of the Commerce Clause." Students are then given time to personally consider their statement and view based on the law. It is very important to have a good perspective of the debate and to identify what the main arguments are.
Finally, it is one of the effective ways to train both linguistic and intellectual skills. Finally, the policies used specifically in debates can teach students to adopt multiple perspectives that are considered one of the most important problem-solving skills.
Conceptual Framework
First, debating technique can only be used for a specific topic, such as topic related to agreeing and disagreeing and arguing. Students should prepare their arguments before debate to make it easier for them to attack the opponent's opinion. Although it also has some weaknesses as mentioned above, its advantages are greater, especially in teaching speaking, because it provides more chances for students to practice their English orally.
Hypothesis
This chapter presented the design of the research, variables and operational definitions of variables, population and sample, research instrument, research procedures and techniques for data analysis.
Research Design
Variables and Indicators 1. Variables
Research Instrument
Procedures of Data Collection
The Pre-test
Treatment
Ensuring that participants had time to prepare arguments and gather supporting data to present during the debate.
The Post-test
Techniques of Data Analysis
There is no proof that you have mastered the language skills and areas practiced in the course. His attention is always clear, but several interruptions are needed to help him convey or search for the message. He cannot understand it and then with great difficulty by someone accustomed to listening to the speaker.
Very bad 1 The listener also tries very hard to interrupt, the speaker is unable to clarify anything he seems to have said. The findings of the research consist of a description of the result from the data collected with the speaking test (pretest and posttest).
Findings
The table above shows that in the pretest there are 8 students or 40% categorized as poor, 5 students or 25% categorized as fair, 7 students or 3.35% categorized as very poor and none of them categorized as good, Very Good and excellent. The table above also shows that the result of the students' speaking ability in the fluency post-test. There are no students categorized as poor, very poor, very good and excellent, 10 students or 50% categorized as fair, 10 students or 50% categorized as good.
To know the level of significance of the pre- and post-test, the researcher needs to know. The table above 4.3 shows that the t-test value for accuracy is greater than the t-table (5.39>1.729). This means that there is a significant difference between the students' fluency in accuracy before and after using debate. It means there is one. significant difference between the speaking ability of the students before and after using debate technique in the speaking process, or it can be said that the use of debating technique is effective in improving the speaking ability of the students in the eleventh grade of SMA Perguruan Islam Makassar) .
Discussion
The description of the data collected using the speaking test, explained in the previous section, shows that the student's speaking ability has been developed. The student's accuracy score (96.6) in the pre-test differs from the post-test (137.1). This means that it developed between before and after giving the treatment. The student's fluency score of 98.4 on the pre-test is different from that of the post-test 150. This means that it developed between before and after giving the treatment.
The students' average score of accuracy 4.84 is classified as poor; in fluency is 5.1 which is classified as poor in pre-test. And the average score of the students' accuracy in post-test becomes 6.85 which is classified as good, in fluency becomes 7.5 which is classified as good. The final result of accuracy and fluency shows that t-test value for the final score of students' speaking ability6.35.>t-table=1.729, it is said that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted . This means that there is a significant difference between the students' speaking ability before and after the use of debate technique in speaking process, it is improved or it can also be said that the use of debate technique is effective in improving the students' speaking ability at the SMA Perguruan Islam improve Makassar).
Based on the discussion proposed in the previous chapter, the researcher concludes that the use of debate technique improves students' speaking ability in accuracy and fluency in the speaking ability of second year students in SMA pergurah islam Makassar. It is proven by the average score of the students in the pre-test in accuracy was 4.83.
Suggestion
The teacher should invite and increase students' interest and motivation to learn by manipulating different ways in the presentation of productive skills, including speaking skills. The application of debate in teaching speaking to eleventh year students of SMA Negeri 2 Rembang. Mirdayani, 2011. Improving students' speaking skills through encouraging the use of extended discourse. Thesis of Unismuh Makassar.
Siti, Ni'amah.2012.Teaching speaking using debating activity to third year junior high school students in Mambaus Sholihin boarding school.Thesis.Unismuh Makassar. Implementation debate in teaching speaking with first year students of RSBI class at Smpn 1 Boyolali. Teaching speaking using debating activity to third year junior high school students at Mambaus Sholihin Boarding School. Thesis.Unismuh Makassar.
The student's mean score of the pre- and post-test in speaking ability in terms of accuracy. The student's average score of the pre- and post-test in speaking ability in terms of fluency. 1.Classification of students' scores in speaking ability in terms of accuracy respondents Pre-test classification After test classification.
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Kompetensi Dasar
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Kegiatan akhir
The creation of the World Wide Web (1989) and Internet browsers (in the early 1990s) gave ordinary people easy ways to navigate the Internet. Over the past fifteen years, millions of different websites have been created, giving people the opportunity to shop, do business, play, learn and communicate online. Over the same period it has become much easier, cheaper and faster to go online to do these things.
The arrival of the Internet has greatly changed the way people search for and access information. News travels faster than ever before and current affairs can be discussed worldwide instantly via forums, blogs and social networks. Many people also maintain social connections through the Internet with services such as Facebook, Skype, and Flickr, to name just a few.
Nicholas Carr in his book The Shallows: How the Internet is Changing the Way we Think, Read and. Answer the questions below based on your opinion and explain in front of your friends.
