IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILL BY USING FISHBOWL TECHNIQUE TO THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS PLUS BAHRUL ULUM ISLAMIC CENTRE SUNGAILIAT

Abstract

The objectives of the study were to explain the implementation of fishbowl technique in improving speaking skill and to find out there was any significant difference speaking skill between students who were taught by using fishbowl technique and students who were taught by non-fishbowl technique at Mts Plus Bahrul Ulum Islamic Centre Sungailiat. The samples were 67 students that were taken from the second year students of eight classes of Mts Plus Bahrul Ulum Islamic Centre Sungailiat. The samples were VIII D as experimental group and VIII C as control group. The result of the test was analyzed by using statistical analysis of Paired sample t-test and Independent sample t-test. Based on Paired Sample T-Test, it could be seen that the mean difference of pre-test and post-test in experimental group was -50.48, while the mean difference of pre-test and post-test in control group was -31.50. In addition, the result of difference analysis in post-test of experimental and control group showed that the value of to obtained was 11.15 which exceed the critical value of t-table 2.00 (at the significant level p<0.05 in two tailed testing with degree of freedom 65). It means that the null hypothesis was rejected and the research hypothesis was accepted. The result of this study revealed that the post-test scores were better than the pre-test scores of experimental group. It could be seen by comparing their means. The mean of the pre-test scores was (12.27) while the mean of the post-test scores was (62.75). In line with the result, the researcher suggests that the fishbowl was one of the effective techniques to increase students’ enthusiasm in learning English. This result hopefully would motivate the English teachers of Mts Plus Bahrul Ulum Islamic Centre Sungailiat.