The Effectiveness Of Simulation Technique To Teach Speaking Viewed From Students’ Creativity

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Afi Normawati - S89120200 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

The objectives of the research are to investigatewhether: (1) Simulation Technique is more effective than Cooperative Script Technique to teach speaking for Informatics program students of STT RRI Malang in the Academic Year of 2012/2013; (2) students with high creativity have better speaking skill than the students with low creativity; (3) there is an interaction effect between teaching techniques and the students’ creativity on the students speaking skill. The research method applied in this research was an experimental research. The population of the research was Informatics students of STT RRI Malang in the Academic Year of 2012/2013 consisting of five classes. The samples were two classes. Each of classes consisted of 20 students. The samples were taken by using cluster random sampling technique. The experimental class was taught by using Simulation technique, while the control class was taught using Cooperative Script technique. The data were obtained from creativity test and speaking test. The data from speaking scores were collected after the students had eight times treatment for each group. The researcher analyzed the data using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) and Tukey test. The research findings are: (1) Simulation technique is more effective than Cooperative Script technique to teach speaking for Informatics students of STT RRI Malang; (2) the speaking skill of the students having high creativity is better than that of the students having low creativity; (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ creativity in teaching speaking. For the students who have high creativity, Simulation technique is more effective than Cooperative Script technique. For the students who have low creativity, both Simulation and Cooperative Script technique have the same effect on the students’ speaking skill.