Abstract :
The objective of this study is to see whether the information gap is effective
toward students? speaking skills or not at the second-grade students of SMP
Muhammadiyah 1 Metro. In this research, the researcher used a quasiexperiment
design. The researcher taught two classes, they are; the experiment
class, which is taught speaking by using the Information-Gap technique, and the
control class, which is taught by using the conventional technique (teachercentered).
The researcher gave both classes the pre-test and post-test with a
speaking test and applied the treatments to obtain the data. The results of a
study using hypothesis testing show that the first test uses a significance level of
5% or a significance level of 0.05. sig (2-tailed), the t-count (12.995) is greater
than the t-table (2.048) with a significance of 0.000. Test the second hypothesis
where the t-count (8.931) is greater than the t-table (2.000) at a significance level
of 0.05. sig. (2-tailed) 0.000. Therefore, it can be said that using the Information
Gap Technique is more effective and applicable for teaching speaking to the
second-grade students of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Metro. The researcher hopes
that this research can be developed creatively for future researchers and add
new knowledge, especially about the influence of using the Information Gap
Technique on speaking skills, and can be information and motivation for those
who want to conduct similar research.