SITI RUQOYAH , 2201410140 (2017) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING SIMULATION TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS (A Case of the Tenth Grade Students of SMK Al Asror Semarang in the Academic Year 2016/2017). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project is based on a study which investigated the tenth grade students’ achievement and motivation in speaking English. The study aimed to find out the effectiveness of using simulation to motivate students’ speaking skills and to investigate the significant difference of students’ speaking achievement between the students taught using simulation and those who were taught using role play. The study employed quasi experimental nonrandomized control group, pretest-posttest design. The data were taken from pre test and post test scores, participants’ responses toward the questionnaires, and observation. The results of the study showed that the mean score of the pre test in experimental group was 66.40 while in the control group was 60.75. In the post test, the mean score of the experimental group was 76.60 and the control group obtained 67.00. Another proof was the results of N-gain. N-gain of the experimental group was 0.30 while the control group got only 0.15. Indeed the improvement of students’ speaking achievement in the experimental group is twice as much higher than that in the control group. Moreover, the t-test result was 2.64 and ttable was 2.03. It can be clearly seen that t0 is higher than ttable. It indicated that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control groups. In other words, simulation technique is more effective to motivate students’ speaking skills compared to role play

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