Teaching Speaking Through Storytelling

The research objective is to increase the students’ speaking skill. The research is conducted to find out the effect of using storytelling to the students’ speaking skill. The research design was quasi-experimental research, the respondents were students of SMP Negeri 2 Kerinci. 41 students divided into two groups (experimental class and control class). The instrument of the research was tests which were given before and after treatment. Experimental group was taught by using storytelling technique meanwhile control group was taught by using traditional technique. The result of the research showed that t-obtain > t-table, 17.24 > 1.68, so Null hypothesis was rejected. In other words, the students who were taught using storytelling technique achieved a better ability in speaking English than the students who were taught using traditional technique. It indicates that there is a significant difference in the experimental group compared to the control group. The result of the research concluded that there was a significant effect of using storytelling in students’ speaking skills.