THE EFFECT OF USING FLASHCARD MEDIA ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY TO THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 KEDIRI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
Author (Penulis)
Indah Retno Andini
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri
Author Identity (NPM)
12.1.01.08.0179
Abstract
In mastering speaking skill the teacher should consider the speaking lesson in a simple process with use strategy or media. Flashcard is the media that clearly visible because they are in the form of card that containing picture, text or symbol, it help the students to remind about certain things. This study was conducted to find out the students’ speaking ability before and after being taught using flashcards and the effect of using flashcard media on students’ speaking ability especially in describing person. An experimental with one-grup pre-test and post-test design was applied and quantitative data was used. The sample of this research was VII-G f SMPN 3 Kediri. The researcher compared the resultof pre-test and post-test by using in SPSS version 20. The result of the study found that the students’ speaking ability increased. It can be seen from the mean score of pre-test 35.4412 and the mean scre of post-test 40.0588.From this result the researcher found that the t-score (3.197) > t-table 5% (2,042). It means that, the alternative Hypthesis (Ha) accepted. Finally, it can be concluded that flashcard media was suitable media to teach speaking. Flashcard help them to enrich their vocabulary, fluency, and memorization. Based on the t-test result which obtain that flashcard media has significance effect to the students’ speaking ability