The Effect of Using Silent Way Method toward the Students’ Speaking Performance
Abstract
In English there are four skills that should be mastered, they are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Speaking is a form of communication and basic skill that must be mastered by students since it is very important for them to communicate. Besides, also help student able to propose brainchild and feeling. In speaking, students should have the teacher who teaches with attractive method, in order they interest in studying. If they interest in studying, so the teacher easy to improve their speaking performance. Based on the observation, the researcher found that the students’ speaking performance were low. There are 4 problems in this research, from identification the researcher focused and emphasize the problem as follow : (1) The students have no confidence in speaking English. (2) The students afraid of speaking English. (3) The students cant’ meet minimum requirement. (4) The method that use is not interesting.
In this research, the researcher focused on the students speaking performance. By knowing the weakness of students in speaking performance, the researcher can help the students to increase their speaking performance. In this case using silent way method is one of method that can be used in learning speaking. The objectives of this research are to know the effect silent way method toward the students’ speaking performance and to know how far the strength of effect of silent way method toward the students speaking performance. The population of this research was the students eight grade at SMP N 9 Metro, consist of 150 students. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique in making the sample. The sample were 30 students that was divided in two classes. The first class was experimental class and the second was control class. In experimental class the researcher did treatments, it has done in three meeting treatments.
The data was analyzed by using formula t test. From the result and discussion it is proved that there is an effect of silent way method in learning speaking. So, the teacher needs to introduce to the students about silent way method in order to the students successful in speaking.
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