IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL BY USING ROUND ROBIN BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE TO THE ELEVENTH MIA GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA DELI MURNI BANDAR BARU

Authors

  • Herni Yanti Firteach Gea FKIP, Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas Medan
  • Jontra Jusat Pangaribuan FKIP, Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas Medan
  • Novalina Sembiring FKIP, Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas Medan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54367/kairos.v3i1.828

Abstract

Speaking is one of four basic skills in language. Speaking becomes the most important tool to communicate which needs to be accomplished. The objectives of this research are to describe the students’ responses and how well are the students’ speaking skill of the eleventh MIA grade students of SMA Deli Murni Bandar Baru after having been taught by using Round Robin Brainstorming Technique. This research is a Classroom Action Research which was conducted by applying Round Robin Brainstorming Technique to the eleventh MIA grade students class A. After eight meetings, it could be seen that there is a significant improvement of students’ speaking skill. The result of this research showed that the students’ responses after being taught by using Round Robin Brainstorming Technique are very good. The result is 91,84% students strongly agree that Round Robin Brainstroming Technique improve their speaking skill. The result of the test showed that the students’ mean score in pretest is 58,58 with 16% of the students got score ³75 and in posttest mean score is 76,06 with 68% of the students got score ³75. It showed that there was a significant mean score improvement between pretest and posttest about 52%. It is suggested that teachers use Round Robin Brainstorming Technique as an alternative technique in teaching speaking to the students in Senior High School in order to improve their speaking skill.

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Published

2020-07-27

How to Cite

Gea, H. Y. F., Pangaribuan, J. J., & Sembiring, N. (2020). IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL BY USING ROUND ROBIN BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE TO THE ELEVENTH MIA GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA DELI MURNI BANDAR BARU. Kairos English Language Teaching Journal, 3(1), 27–41. https://doi.org/10.54367/kairos.v3i1.828

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