| dc.description.abstract | Based on my research study I used (PBL) to measure speaking skill ability the students, some problems were found by researcher through pretest on the teaching speaking of eighth graders at MTsN Batu. Students could not speak well and sometimes they had difficulties to convey their ideas when speaking English. Also, students were not confident to say in front of class. Some students could not understand what they spoke; they only spoke based on their friends’ suggestion.
(PBL) strategy is one way to solve the problems occurred. It is a learning approach where students solve authentic problems to develop their knowledge, inquiry, thinking skill and confidence. By (PBL), students were hoped to be able to speak English well and get better score.
This study used quasi experimental as the research design. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of (PBL) toward speaking skill ability than those who are taught by conventional strategy. It was done at MTsN Batu. The participants were the second-grade students. The total number of the participant was 60 students. It consisted of two classes, VIII A and VIII B Class.
The procedure of the study consisted of three steps: pretest, treatment, and posttest. Pretest was used to measure the students’ speaking ability before using (PBL). Then, treatment was used to apply the procedure that researcher choose. Also, posttest was used to measure students’ speaking ability after getting treatment.
The findings of the research showed that students were taught using Problem Based Learning got better score than those those who were taught conventional method. Based on the result of pretest, the average score of experimental groups was 75.97. After students of experimental group got treatment, the average score of posttests showed that the average score was 80.67.
The finding proved that the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is accepted. It showed that the t-value is higher than t-table with df 58 at 0.05 level of significance. It could be seen that there is positive effect of PBL on the second-grade students’ speaking ability at MTsN Batu.
Based on the result of the study, the English teacher is suggested to apply Problem Based Learning PBL strategy in teaching speaking, because it can solve the students’ problem in expressing ideas or exploring knowledge. It is also suggested for future researchers to have better research of PBL strategy in teaching English lesson in different grade, level of education, and also different skill.
Keywords: Speaking Ability, Descriptive Text, and Problem Based Learning (PBL) | en_US |
