ABSTRACT
Graduate School, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, 2014.
This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) group investigation is more effective
than direct instruction in teaching speaking at the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2
Yogyakarta in the academic year of 2014/2015; (2) ten grade students having high selfconfidence
have better speaking skill than those having low self-confidence; and (3) there is an
interaction between teaching method and students’ self-confidence to teach speaking.
The researcher employed experimental study in conducting this research. The population
of this research was tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Yogyakarta in the academic
year of 2014/2015. The sample consisted of two groups; experimental groups (X MIA 5)
consisting of 28 students and control group (X MIA 3) consisting of 28 students. Those two
groups were taken by using cluster random sampling. The researcher used self-confidence
questionnaire and speaking test as the test instrument of this research. The researcher carried out
several steps for collecting data, namely: The first step was giving the questionnaire to the
students to measure their self-confidence. The second step was treatment where the teaching
method was applied in eight meetings of each class. The third step was post test. The students
were given post test using speaking test. The research data were gained using speaking test and
self-confidence questionnaire. They were analyzed in the terms of descriptive statistics and
inferential statistics including normality and homogeneity. The data was analyzed using ANOVA
test (Multifactor Analysis and Variance) and Tukey test.
The research findings indicate that: (1) group investigation is more effective than direct
instruction to teach speaking in the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Yogyakarta
in the academic year of 2014/2015; (2) the students having high self-confidence have better
speaking skill than those having low self-confidence; and (3) there is an interaction between
teaching methods used in this research and the students self-confidence levels in teaching
speaking.
Regarding to the research findings, it can be concluded that group investigation is
effective to teach speaking at the tenth graders of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Yogyakarta in the
academic year of 2014/2015. This result of the research recommends for the teacher to use group
investigation method as an alternative teaching methods in teaching speaking skill. It also
recommends that the further researcher can use this research as the reference of the research.
Keywords : speaking, group investigation, direct instruction, self-confidence, experimental study