Abstract:
This research aimed at finding out the students‟ speaking ability before
and after using participation point system method in teaching speaking. The
independent variable used participation point system method and the dependent
variable was students‟ speaking achievement.
The sample of the research were 36 students of class VIII6 at SMPN 8
Makassar in the second semester academic year 2021/2022. The design of this
research was quantitative design and the method used in this research was preexperimental one group pretest-posttest research.
The result of the research showed that there was a difference between pretest and post-test score of the students. The average score of pre-test was 48,78
and the average score of post-test was 86,11. Based on the result can be seen that
after the researcher gave treatment in post-test was higher than pre-test. Therefore,
participation point system becomes an appropriate method in teaching speaking of
class VIII6 at SMPN 8 Makassar