USING THE WHOLE GROUP DISCUSSION METHOD AGAINST SPEAKING SKILLS OF STUDENTS OF CLASS VIII SMP

Speaking skill is the main capital in communication. However, the problem that exists in the field and is often encountered in the classroom is that not all students, especially those in SMP POMOSDA, have good speaking skills. The purpose of this study was to determine how influential the whole group group discussion method was in developing speaking skills, especially for class VIII SMP POMOSDA students. This study uses an experimental method (true experimental research). In this study using experimental techniques with a posttest-only control design pattern. Sampling using purposive sampling technique because the sample from the population is determined by the researcher himself. It can be seen that the difference in speaking skills of the experimental class and control class students is seen where the value (tcount) = 7,350 is greater than ttable = 2,000 with df = 60 (7,350 2,000) and sig.(2-tailed) = 0.000 where ( 0.000 < 0.05) with a 95% confidence level, the research data is significant, so it can be concluded that H0 is accepted and H1 is rejected, and it is stated that there is an effect of the whole group group discussion method on the speaking skills of eighth grade students of SMP POMOSDA Tanjunganom Nganjuk.