vii ABSTRACT
SITI RAHMASARI, 2020. The Effectiveness of Story Completion Method to Improve Students’ Speaking Ability. (A Quasy-Experimental Research at the Elevent Grade of SMKN 4 Pangkep), A thesis of English Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Makassar Muhammadiyah University. Guided by Erwin Akib and Amar Ma’ruf,
This research aimed to find out wheter or not use of story completion method in improving students‟ speaking ability at the eleventh grade students of SMKN 4 Pangkep. The independent variable of this research was Story Completion Method and the dependent variable was students‟ speaking ability.
The population of this research was the eleventh grade students of SMKN 4 Pangkep which consist of 42 students. The sample of the research consisted of 42 students which were taken by using total sampling technique, 21 students from XI Adm. Perkantoran A as experimental class and 21 students from XI Adm.
Perkantoran B as control class.
The instrument used of this research was speaking test. The test was used in the pretest and post-test. The mean score of the students‟ pre-test of experimental group was (3.19) with standard deviation was (0.76) and the mean score on the post-test was (4.12) with standard deviation was (0.85) in the experimental class was higher than mean score of pre-test (4.12) with standard deviation was (0.85) and the mean score of the post-test was (3.38) with standard deviation was (0,82). From the t-test, the researcher found that, the value of the t- test (4.62) was higher than the t-table (2.423) at the level of significant 0.02 with degree of freedom (df) = 40.
The result of the t-test also shown that, the use of Story Completion as method in teaching speaking was effective in improving the students‟ speaking ability because the t-test, 4.62, was higher than t-table, 2.423 (4.62 > 2.423).
Based on the finding and discussion of the research, the researcher drew a conclusion that, the use of story completion is effective to improve the students‟
speaking ability in the eleventh grade at SMKN 4 Pangkep.
Key words: Story Completion Method, Speaking Ability.
