THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MIND MAPING TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 UNISMUH

Abstract

The thesis aimed to find out the improvement of the students’ speaking skill at the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Unismuh Makassar in 2018/2019 Academic Year. This research is a Pre Experiment which was implemented to 22 students in class XI IPA . It consisted Pre-Test, gave treatment, and Post-Test. First meeting gave Pre-test, second until six meeting gave treatment, and the last meeting gave students Post test. Every test there are four questions for knowing the students’ speaking skill. Metode of taking sample is purposive sampling because it is the best technique in assuring the representativeness of the sample from the accessible population. The researcher findings indicated that there was Mind Maping effective to improve students’ speaking skill. where the instrument of this research was a test used in pre-test and post-test. The result of the data indicated that, there was difference between students’ pre-test and post-test. The mean score of post-test (76.8) was greater than the mean score of pre-test (36.8). From t-test, the researcher found that, the value of t-test (5.0) was greater than t-table (2.080) at the level of significance 0. 05 with degree of freedom (df) = 21. result shows that t-test value for the final score of students’ speaking skill was (5.0 > 2.080). It means that there is significant difference between the students’ speaking skill before and after using mind maping. It is also said that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted. Based on the finding and discussion of the research, the researcher concluded that, the use of Mind Maping Technique could improve the students’ speaking skill.