@thesis{thesis,
		author={Nur  },
		title ={The Speaking Ability of the Eleventh Grade Students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught By Using Think-Pair-Square Strategy. },
		year={2012},
		url={http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1264/},
		abstract={Nur, Musfiroh. 2012. The Speaking Ability of the Eleventh Grade Students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the Academic Year 2011/2012 Taught By Using Think-Pair-Square Strategy. Skripsi.English Education Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University.Advisor: (1) Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd. (2) DiahKurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd.

Key words: speaking ability, think-pair-square strategy

English as the compulsory subject has been spread out through each level of education in Indonesia. The objective of learning English is mentioned as developing the ability to communicate either in written or oral forms which covers listening, speaking, reading and writing. Speaking as one of the language skills becomes the most difficult component which should be mastered by the students. Due to the students’ custom of using their native language in daily life instead of using English, they are not capable to speak English fluently. It also occurs in the eleventh grade students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012. They felt difficult when attempting to speak English.They felt inhibited for the activity that involved them in joining the oral interactions, because they were afraid of jokes about what they said.The appropriate strategy in teaching speaking is needed to improve the students’ speaking abilities. One of the teaching strategies is Think-Pair-Square which is emphasized on problem solving strategies through pair work and group work.
The objectives of this research are (i) To find outthe speaking ability of the eleventh grade students of MA NU Banat Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012 taught without using think-pair-square strategy. (ii) To find out the speaking ability of the eleventh grade students of MA NU Banat Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012 taught by using think-pair-square strategy. (iii) To find out whether or not there is any significant difference between the speaking ability of the eleventh grade students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012 taught without and by using Think-Pair-Square strategy. 
This research was conducted in experimental research by using control group. The two classes were chosen as the control class and experimental class. The population of this research was the whole eleventh grade students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012 in regular classwhich consisting of 222 students. The samples of this research were the eleventh grade students of XI PK which consists of 45 students as the control group and the eleventh grade students of XI IPS 2 which consists of 43 students as the experimental class. The data for this research were taken from the post test of those classes which has been taught by PPP technique for control class while it had been taught by using Think-Pair-Square in experimental class of the eleventh grade students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012. To measure the purpose of the research, the data was analyzed by using t-test for independent sample.
 
The result of the analysis showedthat in the level significance 0.05 or 5% and degree of freedom (df) 86, there was a significant difference between the speaking ability of the eleventh grade students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012 taught without and by using Think-Pair-Square strategy. It could be taken from the data that t observation (t0) was 6.01 and the t test (tt) was1.990, the result was t0 >tt (t observation was higher than t table).The mean of control class was 70 (sufficient) and mean of the experimental class was 78.6 (good). Thus, the researcher concluded that the use of Think-Pair-Square strategy for the eleventh grade students of MA NU BANAT Kudus in the academic year 2011/2012 could improve their speaking ability because the mean of experimental class was higher than the mean of control class. The students who were taught through Think-Pair-Square got better score than the students who were not being taught by it.
Based on the result of research above, the researcher expects that Think-Pair-Square strategy can be used as one of alternative teaching strategies to teach speaking for the students of senior high school level.






























 
ABSTRAKSI

Nur, Musfiroh. 2012.Kemampuan Berbicara Siswa Kelas Sebelas MA NU BANAT Kudus Tahun Ajaran 2011/2012 Diajarkan Menggunakan Think-Pair-Square strategy .Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing: (1) Drs. Muh. Syafei, M.Pd. (2) Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd.

Kata kunci: kemampuanberbicara, think-pair-square strategy

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