THE USE OF PARTICIPATION POINT SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY AT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 8 MAKASSAR

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