The Effectiveness Of Content-Based Instruction To Teach Speaking Viewed From Students’ Creativity (An Experimental Study At The Third Semester Students Of Stain Jurai Siwo Metro In The Academic Year Of 2012/2013)

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Aisyah Sunarwan - S89110800 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

The objective of the research is to examine: (1) whether Content-Based Instruction is more effective than Audio-Lingual Method to teach speaking to the third semester students of STAIN Jurai Siwo Metro in the academic year of 2012/2013; (2) whether the students having high creativity have better speaking skill than those having low creativity of the third semester students of STAIN Jurai Siwo Metro in the academic year of 2012/2013; and (3) whether there is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ creativity in teaching speaking to the third semester students of STAIN Jurai Siwo Metro in the academic year of 2012/2013. The method in this research was experimental study. It was conducted at the third semester students of STAIN Jurai Siwo Metro in the academic year of 2012/2013. The sample of the research was two classes; C consists of 40 students as an experimental class and E consists of 40 students as a control class. The sampling technique used was cluster random sampling. Each class was divided into two groups (the students having high and low creativity). The techniques of collecting data were creativity test for collecting data of students’ creativity and speaking test for collecting the data of students’ speaking skill that were tried out to know their readability. The data were analyzed by using Multifactor Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test of 2 x 2 and Tukey test. The result of data analysis shows that: (1) Content-Based is more effective than Audio-Lingual Method to teach speaking because the mean of A1 is higher than A2; (2) Students having high creativity have better speaking skill than the students having low creativity because the mean of B1 is higher B2; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ creativity in teaching speaking because Fo is higher than Ft, and the result of Tukey test shows that: (a) for the students having high creativity, Content-Based Instruction is more effective than Audio-lingual Method to teach speaking because the mean of A1B1 is higher than A2B1; and (b) for the students having low creativity, Audio-Lingual Method is more effective than Content-Based Instruction to teach speaking because the mean of A2B2 is higher than A1B2. Based on the finding, it can be concluded that Content-Based Instruction is an effective method to teach speaking. The research also shows that the effect of teaching methods depends on the students’ creativity. Therefore, English teachers are expected to be able to select the appropriate teaching method to teach speaking for the students having high and low creativity.