Open AccessIncreasing Speaking Achievement by Using Pow-Tega Teachnique
Author(s) -
Sri Wahyuni
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of language teaching and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2614-1191
pISSN - 2598-2303
DOI - 10.22437/ijolte.v1i1.4594
Subject(s) - psychology , population , mathematics education , test (biology) , sample (material) , chemistry , demography , sociology , paleontology , chromatography , biology
The aim of this study was to find out whether or not Pow-Tega Technique could increase the students’ speaking achievement. The population of the study covered all of the tenth graders of SMA Negeri 1 Pagaralam in academic year 2015/2016. The sample was selected purposively from the population, they were sixty students. Quasi – Experimental design was used in this study. To find whether the Pow-Tega Technique could improve students’ speaking achievement, the instruction tests were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The result of paired sample t-test showed that t-obtained was 3.971, t-value 2.045 (p < 0.05). Moreover, based on the result of independent sample t-test, t-obtained was 3.082, t-value was 2.002 (p < 0.05). The result showed that the students who were taught by using Pow-Tega Technique had a better improvement in their speaking achievement. In other words, Pow-Tega technique is a good way to be used by the teachers as a teaching technique especially in increasing students’ speaking achievement.
Keywords: Pow-Tega Technique, Speaking Achievement