This research was aimed at Using STAD (Students Teams Achievement
Divisions)
Technique in Developing Students’ Speaking Ability
. The subject of the
research was students of grade XI IPA 3 of MAN 1 Purwokerto academic year
2014/2015. It consisted of 36 students. This research was a Classroom Action
Research (CAR). The writer worked collaboratively with the English teacher of
the school.
The CAR was done based on the Kemmis and Mc. Taggart’s CAR
design.
There were 2 cycles, each of which covered2 actions.
T
he data were collected through observation, test and questionnaire.
From the result of the data analysis, it proved that the STAD technique improved
the students speaking ability. The writer employed qualitative and quantitative
data analysis a techniques. The qualitative data were analyzed based on the
observation result of students
’ activities in the class, while the quantitative data
were analyzed by using speaking test.
Analysis of
observation data showed that
the use of cooperative learning type STAD could develop the students’ speaking
ability. It could be seen from the mean of
pretest 30.11, the mean of posttest one
38.83, and the mean of posttest two 48.36. It could be concluded that the
improvement of mean reached 60.61%. The conclusion was supported by
observation result. The data of observation showed that the average of the
students’ improvement in speaking activity in cycle one was 41.
21
% and the cycle
two was 66.66%. Then the improvement from cycle one to cycle two was 25.
46
%.
This meant that the students’ activeness improved after the implementation of
STAD. Furthermore,
the students gave their positive responses about the
implementation of STAD. This statement was by questioner result which generally
stated about the students’ pleasure of their speaking class. In conclusion, STAD
could improve students’ speaking ability a
nd could also make the students active
in the teaching learning process