The Effectiveness of Using Role Play Technique in Teaching Speaking for the Eleventh Grade of SMA Sejahtera 1 Depok in the 2014/2015 Academic Year

murhaban [et.all]; dr. tri wintolo apoko, m. pd; firdaniar tiarsiwi, m.pd.;

Nur Rachmadiah. NIM: 1001065160. The Effectiveness of Using Role Play Technique in Teaching Speaking for the Eleventh Grade of SMA Sejahtera 1 Depok in the 2014/2015 Academic Year. A paper, Jakarta: The Study Programme of English Education, The School of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, 2015.
The objective of the research is to find the empirical evidence on the effectiveness of using Role Play Technique in teaching speaking for the eleventh grade students of SEJAHTERA 1 DEPOK. The writer used pre-experimental method in the quantitative from by collecting data, from observation and test. The samples were taken purposively one class of the eleventh grade students. The writer took 30 students for the samples participating on the treatment. The data collected in this paper analyzed by using t-test. According to the result of statistical calculation, it is obtained the value of to (t observation) is 34.5 and the value of tt (t table) from the df (29) on degree of significance of 0.95 in 1.70. It means the value of to is higher that the value of tt. Based on the result, the null hypothesis (Ho) which says there is no effectiveness of using Role Play Technique is rejected. It means that the alternative hypothesis (Hi) which says there is effectiveness of using Role Play Technique is accepted. Based on the research findings it can be conclude that teaching speaking by using Role Play Technique is quite success and can run well in the class situation. It gives students a new spirit in order they enjoy learning English and opportunities to be active in improving their speaking skill.