The Effects of Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies on The Speaking Confidence and Attitudes

Abstract

The study is find out students’ speaking confidence category, and attitudes category, to find out using of Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies gives the significant effect on students’ speaking confidence and to find out to what extent the using of Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies gives the significant effect on students attitudes of the first students of SMK Bina Profesi Pekanbaru. The study of the research is quasi – experimental research where pretest and posttest design are used in this research. The sample of this research is the first students of SMK Bina Profesi Pekanbaru. They are experimental class (X AK) and control class (X UPW) by totaling 37 students. The data were collected by using questionnaire attitudes and speaking confidence test in the conversation. Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies was used in this research. The result of this research show that 1. There is significant effect on implementing the treatment of Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies on the students’ speaking confidence for Experiment Group. The t-test result was 30,052, its df was 27, by comparing number of significance. If probability>0,05, null hypothesis (H₀) is rejected. If probability<0,05 alternative hypothesis (H_a) was accepted. Because the significance was 0,000 < 0,05, H_a was accepted while H₀ was rejected. 2. There is significant effect on implementing the treatment of Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies on students’ attitudes for experiment group. The t-test result was -16,652,its df was 27, by comparing number of significance. Because the significance was 0,00 < 0,05, H_a was accepted while H₀ was rejected.