improving students’ speaking skills through yahoo messenger at university of iqra buru

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STATE UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR2012

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH YAHOO MESSENGER AT

UNIVERSITY OF IQRA BURU

Saidna Zulfiqar Bin Tahir10B01033

BACKGROUND

PROBLEM STATEMENT

OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH

SIGNIFICANCES OF THE RESEARCH

SCOPE OF THE RESEARCH

PREVIOUS RELATED FINDINGS

Speaking is the ability to use of language in ordinary way of speech. Accuracy is the quality of being accurate, exactness, or correctness in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar Fluency is the ability to speak with others in an easy smooth manner Comprehensibility is the process of understanding of the utterances sent by the speaker done by the listener. Teaching speaking refers to the active or productive spoken activities in the classroom. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is defined as a range of technological tools and resources used to communicate. Yahoo Messenger is a free chat program provided by Yahoo Inc which is widely used and capable for synchronous communication between two or more Internet users. Interest is readiness or desire to give attention to, be concern with, or learn about some thing.

SOME PERTINENT IDEAS

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

O1 O2 O3 O4 X O5 O6 O7 O8

RESEARCH DESIGN

POPULATION AND SAMPEL

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

PROCEDURE OF COLLECTING DATA

TECHNIQUE OF DATA ANALYSIS

Score Classification Criteria

80 – 100 A Very Good to Excellent

66 – 79 B Good

56 – 69 C Average

41 – 55 D Poor

≤ 40 E Very Poor

In calculating the mean score, standard deviation and t-test value

of the students speaking skills (accuracy, fluency, and

comprehensibility) the researcher used SPSS program version 17.0.

In calculating the mean score, standard deviation and t-test value

of the students speaking skills (accuracy, fluency, and

comprehensibility) the researcher used SPSS program version 17.0.

Adapted from Panduan Penilaian Universitas Iqra Buru, 2008

TECHNIQUE OF DATA ANALYSIS

Range Category

80-100 Very high

60-79 High

40-59 Moderate

20-39 Low

0-19 Very low

In calculating the t-test and descriptive value and consulting t-

table value to see the students’ interest toward teaching speaking

through Yahoo Messenger, the researcher also used SPSS

program version 17.0.

In calculating the t-test and descriptive value and consulting t-

table value to see the students’ interest toward teaching speaking

through Yahoo Messenger, the researcher also used SPSS

program version 17.0.

Riduwan & Akdon (2009)

FINDING AND DISCUSSION

FINDING AND DISCUSSION

Mean N Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean

PRETESTS56.43 15 10.20 2.63

POSTTESTS75.01 15 5.89 1.52

N Correlation Sig.

Pair 1 PRETESTS & POSTTESTS 15 .839 .000

FINDING AND DISCUSSIONFINDING AND DISCUSSION

T 2 Tailed Value

(α) Remarks

Pretests and Posttests

(Accuracy)

11.675 0.00 0.05 Significantly Different

Pretests and Posttests

(Fluency)

11.660 0.00 0.05 Significantly Different

Pretests and Posttests

(Comprehensibility)

13.860 0.00 0.05 Significantly Different

T 2 Tailed Value

(α) Remarks

All Pretests and Posttests

18.992 0.00 0.05 Significantly Different

The Probability Value of T-Test of the Students’ Achievement on Pretests and Posttests in Term of Accuracy, Fluency, and Comprehensibility

The Probability Value of T-Test of the Students’ Achievement on Pretests and Posttests in Term of Accuracy, Fluency, and Comprehensibility

The Probability Value of T-Test of the Students’ Achievement in All Series of Pretests and Posttests

The Probability Value of T-Test of the Students’ Achievement in All Series of Pretests and Posttests

FINDING AND DISCUSSION

FINDING AND DISCUSSION

The mean score and standard deviation of the students’ interest

Mean Standard Deviation

Students’ Interest 88.00 5.40

Percentage of Students’ Interest toward Yahoo Messenger

0% 20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

88 (Category Very High)

Very Low

Low Moderate High Very High

CONCLUSSIONS

SUGGESTIONS

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State University Of Makassar 2011

By: Saidna Zulfiqar bin Tahir, Lc

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH YAHOO MESSENGER AT

UNIVERSITY OF IQRA BURU