The Effectiveness Of Communicative Group Activity In Teaching Speaking Viewed From Students’ Risk Taking (An Experimental Study In The Second Semester Students Of Stkip-Pgri Pontianak In The Academic Year Of 2011/2012)

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Citra Kusumaningsih - S891008013 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

The Research Aims At Knowing: (1) Whether Communicative Group Activity Is More Effective Than Guided Conversation Activity In Teaching Speaking At The Second Semester Students Of STKIP-PGRI Pontianak In The Academic Year Of 2011/2012; (2) Whether English Speaking Skill Of The Students Having High Risk Taking Is Better Than Students Having Low Risk-Taking; And (3) Whether There Is An Interaction Between Teaching Techniques And Students’ Risk Taking In Teaching Speaking. This Research Is An Experimental Study. The Population Is All Of The Second Semester Students Of STKIP PGRI Pontianak. The Sample Was Taken By Using Cluster Random Sampling Technique And It Yields Two Classes: Class B As The Experimental Group And Class C As The Control Group In Which Each Consists Of 30 Students For The Sample Of The Study. The Instruments Used To Collect The Data Are A Test On Speaking Skill And A Questionnaire On Risk Taking. The Data Were Analyzed Using ANOVA With .95 Level Of Significance And Tuckey. Liliefors Is Used To Find Out The Normality Of The Data, While Bartlett’s Test Is Used To Find Out The Homogeneity Of The Data. The Results Of The Hypotheses Testing Show That: (1) Communicative Group Activity Is More Effective Than Guided Conversation Activity To Teach Speaking; (2) Students Who Have High Risk Taking Have Better Speaking Skill Than Those Who Have Low Risk Taking; And (3) That There Is An Interaction Between Teaching Techniques And Risk Taking In Teaching Speaking. In Other Words, It Can Be Said That The Effect Of Teaching Techniques On The Students’ Speaking Skill Depends On The Students’ Risk Taking. Students Who Have High Risk Taking Are More Appropriate To Be Taught Using The Communicative Group Activity, While The Students Who Have Low Risk Taking Are More Appropriate To Be Taught Using The Guided Conversation Activity. From The Results Above, This Research Implies That Teaching Techniques Have A Strong Influence On Students’ Speaking Skill. The Application Of Communicative Group Activity Gives Greater Effect Than Guided Conversation Activity In Teaching Speaking. It Can Be Seen That The Students Are Encouraged To Be Actively Involved In Every Learning Speaking Activities. In Order To Get Maximum Result And Effect On Students’ Speaking Skill, The Writer Suggests English Teachers To Apply Communicative Group Technique By Considering Students’ Psychological Aspects Especially Their Risk Taking.