Ashri Shollina , 2201407206 (2011) The Application of Self Assesment as an Alternative to Improve Students’ Skill in Spoken Descriptive Text (An Experimental Study of the Tenth Graders of SMA Negeri 1 Pemalang in the Academic Year of 2010/2011). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This final project is an experimental study that aims to investigate the effectiveness of teaching English using self assessment to improve students‟ skill in spoken descriptive text. The subjects of the study were the tenth graders of SMA N 1 Pemalang in the academic year of 2010/2011. There were two classes of students participating in this study. They were students of X3 as the experimental group and X5 as the control group. There were five meetings for each class. One meeting was for pre test, three meetings were for treatments and the last meeting for post test. Before the treatment was conducted, pretest was given to both groups. In the pre-test, the students were asked to perform a descriptive monologue based on the topic given. The post test was given after the treatment was done. The result of this research showed that the average scores of pre-test of the two groups were nearly the same. The mean of the pre-test of the experimental group was 49.60 and that of the control group was 50.40. After the two groups were given different treatments, the score of the two groups increased, in which the mean of the experimental group was 74.32, and that of the control group was 65.40. The improvement of the experimental group was 24.72, and that of the control group was 15.00. The result of applying z-test based on the difference of two means revealed that the obtained value (4.97) was higher than z-table value for α = 5% and df = 72 (1.96). It means that there was a significant difference of the test result between the students who were taught using self assessment and those who were taught without using self assessment. Based on the result above, it can be concluded that self assessment is effective to improve students‟ ability in spoken descriptive text. It is suggested that teachers apply self assessment in teaching speaking skill.

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