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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE
IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH
GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 1 LARANTUKA
IN NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR
THESIS
By:
PUTRI SRI AYU
201310100311060
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2018
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORYTELLING TECHNIQUE
IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH
GRADE OF SMA NEGERI 1 LARANTUKA
IN NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to
achieve Sarjana Degree in English Language Education
By:
PUTRI SRI AYU
201310100311060
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
2018
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MOTTO AND DEDICATIONS
MOTTO
“Allah SWT is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the
darkness into the light”
(Qur‟an 2:257)
DEDICATION
This thesis is dedicated to:
My beloved father H. Abdulgani and mother Hj. Mastura Mukin
My beloved sisters and brothes Sri, Yati, Nur, Randy and Habib
My beloved sister-in-law and brothers-in-law
My beloved friends Atika, Chaca, Burhan, Ozzy and Midhy Maloko
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Alhamdulillahirabil „alamin, all thanks due to Allah SWT, because of His
gracious, merciful, blessing and gives the writer a power of spirits to finish this
thesis. Sholawat and greeting to the greatest prophet Muhammad SAW who has
bring us from the darkness to the lightness.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to
1. Sri Hartiningsih, Dr., MM as my first advisor for giving me guidance and
help to finish this thesis. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Santi
Prastiyowati, S.Pd as my second advisor for this patience and suggestion.
My special thanks also to all lectures in English Department, thank you for
helping and kindness.
2. Drs. Yakobus Milan Betan as the headmaster of SMA Negeri 1 Larantuka,
Imaculata Hermina Wain, S.Pd and John Hayon as the English teacher of
eleventh grade at SMA Negeri 1 Larantuka for allowing me to carry out
this study in their institution and for giving the contribution while I was
conducting the study there.
3. My beloved parents, my beloved sisters and brothers who have love and
prays in the whole day, and never been tired to motivate the writer.
4. My beloved family in malang, Sasa, Hilya, Rea, Risma, Marwa, Ar
Bethan, Ayi, Echa, Rachmad, Mnrmandiri, Nawar Mukin, Faisal and Zaky
for being the battery of spirit, criticizing, sharing and learning in her
everyday.
Malang, October 27th
2018
The Researcher
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ................................................................................................... iv
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... v
LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY. .................................................................. vi
ABSTRACT. ................................................................................................... vii
ACKNOWLEDGES... .................................................................................... viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... ix
LIST OF APPENDIX .................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1
1.1. Research Background. ....................................................................... 1
1.2. Research Problem .............................................................................. 3
1.3. Research Objectives. .......................................................................... 3
1.4. Hypothesis.......................................................................................... 3
1.5. Research Significance ........................................................................ 3
1.6. Scope and Limitation ......................................................................... 4
1.7. Definition of Keyterm ........................................................................ 4
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .......................... 6
2.1. Speaking. ............................................................................................ 6
2.1.1. The Definition of Speaking .................................................... 6
2.2. Speaking Classroom Activities. ......................................................... 7
2.3. Teaching Technique ........................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Definition of Technique ........................................................... 9
2.3.2 Kinds of Technique ................................................................. 9
2.3.3 Storytelling ................................................................. 11
2.4. Principle of Storytelling ..................................................................... 12
2.4.1 Benefits of Storytelling ............................................................ 13
2.4.2 Procedure of Storytelling. ........................................................ 15
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ...................................................... 16
3.1. Research Design................................................................................. 16
3.2. Research Subject ................................................................................ 18
3.2.1. Population and Sample.................................................... 18
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3.2.2. Treatment ........................................................................ 19
3.2.2.1. Treatment of Experimental Group .................. 19
3.2.2.2. Treatment of Control Group ......................... 19
3.3. Data Collection .................................................................................. 20
3.3.1. Technique and Instrument ............................................... 20
3.3.2. Procedure of Data Collection .......................................... 22
3.4. Data Analysis. .................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION ........................................... 25
4.1. Finding ............................................................................................... 25
4.1.1. The Pretest Result of Experimental and Control Group . 25
4.1.2. The Posttest Result of Experimental and Control Group 25
4.1.3. The Result of Normality Testing .................................... 26
4.1.4. The Analysis of Hypothesis ............................................ 27
4.2. Discussion .......................................................................................... 28
4.2.1. Control Group Discussion ............................................... 28
4.2.2. Experimental Group Discussion ..................................... 29
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ............................. 31
5.1. Conclusions. ...................................................................................... 31
5.2. Suggestions ........................................................................................ 31
REFERENCES ............................................................................................... 33
APPENDIX .................................................................................................... 35
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX I
1. Pre Test and Post Activity ............................................................. 35
APPENDIX II
2. Treatment For Experimental Class ................................................ 35
APPENDIX III
3. Scoring Rubric .............................................................................. 35
APPENDIX IV
4. RPP ................................................................................................ 36
APPENDIX V
5. Students Score From Experimental Class ..................................... 41
APPENDIX VI
6. Students Score From Control Class .............................................. 44
APPENDIX VII
7. Analysis ........................................................................................ 47
APPENDIX VIII
8. Documentation (Pictures) .............................................................. 49
APPENDIX IX
9. Students Works ............................................................................. 58
APPENDIX X
10. Letter of Research ......................................................................... 64
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