IMPROVING CLASS IX-1 STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENTS BY WAY OF STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE AT SMPN 35 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The aim of this study is to describe the way students’ speaking ability of the third year students improved by using storytelling technique of SMP Negeri 35 Makassar. The study employed classroom action reasearch design. Where the subject consisted of 36 students who taken from class IX-1 of the third year students of SMP Negeri 35 Makassar in academic year 2014/2015. The instrument of this research was oral test. The data were collected in cycle I and Cycle II. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result showed that the mean score in cycle I was 52 and in the cycle II was 77 It meant that storytelling technique can improve the speaking ability of the third year students of SMP Negeri 35 Makassar.