THE EFFECT OF USING INFORMATION GAP ACTIVITIES TOWARD MOTIVATION IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AMONG SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT MAN 2 MODEL PEKANBARU

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In this research, the researcher found that the students’ motivation in speaking English at
MAN 2 Model Pekanbaru is still low whereas the students have to use English as
bilingual system in teaching learning process. According to Harmer the use of
information gap in speaking activity is one of activities that give good contribution in
teaching speaking. Therefore, the researcher is interested to conduct a research related to
the Use of Information Gap Activities toward Motivation in Speaking English. The
objectives of this research are 1) to identify the effect of using information gap activities
toward students’ motivation in speaking English and 2) To identify the factors that
influence students’ motivation in speaking English.

Since characteristics of the second year students at MAN 2 Model Pekanbaru are
heterogeneous, the researcher decided that this research used Pre-Experimental design
with emphasis upon “intact group design”. The population of research consists of five
classes; the total population is 161 students. The researcher took the students of XI IPA 1
class as Experimental Group that consists of 31 students and XI IPA 2 class as Control
Group that consists of 31 students. So, the total amount of the sample is 62 students

The researcher comes to the conclusion of the research finding as follows: 1) at the pre
questionnaire of experimental group got score 2064 points while the control group is
2317 points. And then, at post questionnaire of experimental group got score 2508 points
and the control group are 2498 points. It means that the total points of post questionnaire
of experimental group increases 444 points or 21.51% while the total points of post
questionnaire of control group increases only 181 points or 7.81%. 2) It is also proved
that there is effect of using Information Gap Activities toward Motivation in Speaking
English among Second Year Students at MAN 2 Model Pekanbaru in which the
alternative hypothesis is accepted at 5% significant level is 1.67 and at 1% significant
level is 3.39 and the result of this research is 4.196 or 1.67<4.196>2.39. In other words, t-
observation is higher than t-table in levels significance of 5% and 1%. The researcher
concludes that the use of information gap activities is effective to improve students’
motivation in speaking English. And then, the researcher suggests that the teachers can
use information gap activities to improve students’ motivation in speaking English.

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