THE EFFECT OF COMMUNICATIVE TECHNIQUES ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

Aroyan. The Effect of Communicative Techniques on Students’ Speaking Skill. ( Supervised by Hamzah A. Machmoed and Ria Rosdiana Jubhari)
The aims of the current research were (1) to find out whether communicative techniques is effective in improving students’ speaking skill, (2) to find out and analyze whether utilizing communicative techniques will affect students’ speaking skill, and (3) to investigate and analyze students’ perception on the use of communicative techniques toward students’ speaking skill. The research design was a pre-experimental study using a sample of 26 students of the first grade at SMPN 3 Wangi-Wangi Selatan Kabupaten Wakatobi. A pre-test and post-test were conducted to know students’ prior knowledge in their speaking skill regarding their pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary, grammar, and comprehensibility. The results showed that communicative techniques contributed to the students’ speaking skill. It was proved by the improvement of students’ score in speaking skill from pre-test to post-test. Regarding to students’ perception, it was found that the students had positive responses to the application of communicative techniques; drill, pair work and role play because they could give students a lot of opportunities to practice their English during learning process. This concluded that the applying of communicative techniques could create a good atmosphere during the students’ learning process in the class.
Keywords: Communicative Techniques, Drill, Pair work, Role play, Speaking Skill.