The Efect of Using the Snowball Throwing Technique on Improving Students’ Speaking Ability

Abstract

This study was undertaken to find out the students' perception of the implementation of the snowball throwing technique on improving the speaking ability of eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Adiwerna and to find out whether the snowball throwing technique is an effective technique for improving students’ speaking ability or not. In this research, the population is eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Adiwerna in the academic year 2022/2023. The researcher used cluster random sampling with a two-group design: VIII A as the experimental group and VIII C as the control group, which each had a total of 31 students. The research was conducted in three phases: pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The experimental group used the snowball throwing technique, while the control group was taught the conventional method as the treatment. The results of data analysis using a simple paired t-test obtained a significance value of 0.000. Thus, the t-test result is less than 0,050. According to the results of the data, alternative hypothesis is accepted and null hypothesis is rejected. It means there is an effect of using the Snowball Throwing Technique on improving students' speaking ability, which was conducted with eighth grade students at SMP N 2 Adiwerna. So according to the analysis, it can be concluded that it is proven that using the snowball throwing technique improves students' speaking abilities. Then, the researcher suggests the English teachers use the snowball throwing technique to improve the students' speaking ability.