IMPROVING STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING USING NUMBERED HEAD TOGETHER (A Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Year Students of MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH ISLAMIYAH MA’ARIF NU Sidabowa, Banyumas Academic Year 2011/2012)

ZAHROZAH, . (2012) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING USING NUMBERED HEAD TOGETHER (A Classroom Action Research at the Fifth Year Students of MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH ISLAMIYAH MA’ARIF NU Sidabowa, Banyumas Academic Year 2011/2012). Bachelor thesis, UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO.

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Abstract

The aim of this research was to know whether Numbered Head Together technique can improve students’ speaking competence. This research was conducted at MI MA’ARIF NU Sidabowa with 15 students of class V as the subject of the research. It was done for six months from (September 2011 – February 2012). The researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR) as the method of the research. The researcher did this research collaboratively with the English teacher. The CAR was done based on the Kemmis and McTaggart’s design. The researcher took two cycles with two actions in each cycle. The data were collected through questioners, interview, observation, and speaking tests (pre test and post test). The researcher employed quantitative and qualitative as technique for analyzing data. The quantitative data were analyzed by using speaking tests (pre test and post test), while the qualitative data were analyzed based on the observation result of students’ activities in the class, interview and questionnaire. The data analysis showed that Numbered Head Together technique could improve the students’ speaking competence. The mean of students’ speaking competence in pre test showed 40.2, Cycle 1 showed 53.6, and Cycle 2 showed 67.2. Furthermore, the improvement of speaking tests mean the percentage of pre test was 20%, Cycle 1 showed 33.33% and Cycle 2 showed 86.67%. It was also supported by the observation, interview and questionnaire result. The data observation showed that the average of students’ improvement in speaking activity in Cycle 1 was 37.00%, and the Cycle 2 was 45.33%. Then the improvement of students’ observation from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2 was 8.33%. The data from the interview that (100%) of the students gave positive response of NHT technique. Then, the data from the questionnaire which consisted of seven questions showed that (100%) of the students choose “agree” (related to the implementation of NHT technique) was 100%. In conclusion, the research is called successful.

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