THE EFFECT OF USING GROUP INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 3 TELUK KUANTAN

Abstrak / Ringkasan

This research aims to find out students’speaking ability that was taught by
using Group Investigation technique,and students’ speaking ability that was taught
without using Group Investigation technique, to find out whether there was any
significant effect of using Group Investigation technique on students’speaking
ability at the Eighth grade Junior High School 3 Teluk Kuantan. The Eighth grade
students of Junior High School 3 Teluk Kuantan got difficulties in expressing
their idea spontaneously, the students were reluctant to speak,were unable to
comprehend the topics in speaking,andhave problems in grammar and vocabulary
in speaking . This quasi-experimental research used two classes; control class and
experimental class. The subject of the research was the Eighth grade students of
Junior High School 3 Teluk kuantan. The objects were group investigation
technique and their speaking ability. Cluster random sampling was used to select
44 students out of 140. To analyze the data, the researcher used independent
sample t-test by using SPSS 20 version and effect size was formulated by Julie
Pallant. Based on the data analysis, the researcher found that the result of effect
size formula was 0.374. It was categorized into large effect. It means that there is
a significant effect on the students’ speaking ability taught by using Group
Investigation technique in their speaking ability at the eighth grade of Junior High
School 3 Teluk Kuantan.



Keyword: Effect, Speaking Ability, Group Investigation Technique.

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