Open AccessTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEBATE TECHNIQUE TOWARD THE STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE IN SPEAKING SKILL AT XI GRADE OF SMKN 2 TEMBILAHAN
Author(s) -
Lorika Malasari,
Sri Erma Purwanti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
wiralodra english journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2622-4100
pISSN - 2597-7504
DOI - 10.31943/wej.v2i2.39
Subject(s) - psychology , mathematics education , class (philosophy) , likert scale , null hypothesis , sample (material) , data collection , computer science , mathematics , statistics , artificial intelligence , developmental psychology , chemistry , chromatography
Confidence is an important thing in speaking because without it speaking skill can not be well and it became one of some problems in speaking skill which faced by the students of SMK Negeri 2 Tembilahan. To solve the problem, the reseacher conducted the experimental research is that quasy experimental design by applying the debate technique. The aim of this research is to know the effectiveness of debate technique on students’ confidence in speaking skill. The data collection technique in this research is questionnaire that consists of 20 Close Ended statements using Likert Scale type. The sample of this research is 33 students of XI grade of SMK Negeri 2 Tembilahan as control and experimental class. After getting the data using questionnaire, the reseacher find that debate technique is effective toward students’ confidence in speaking skill with the result t-observed is 15,84 while t-table is 2,04 from 5% and 2,75 from 1%. The tobserved score is higher than t-table. Based on the result, H0 (null hypothesis) is rejected and Ha (alternative hypothesis) is accepted. It also means that debate technique is effective toward students’ confidence in speaking skill at XI grad of SMK Negeri 2 Tembilahan in academic years 2017/2018.