Abstract
This research aims at finding the effectiveness of Toondoo Comic in teaching speaking at the second semester of Sendratasik Study Program of Hamzanwadi University in the academic year 2018-2019. This research was a pre experiment by using single group pre-test and post-test design. The population of the study was 47 students from A and B classes. The sample of the study was 17 students from class A. It was taken through purposive random sampling. A speaking test was used in collecting the data. The data collected were analyzed by using descriptive statistic, and paired sample t-test was used to test the hypothesis. It was performed using SPSS 22 for Windows. The result shows that the mean in the pre-test was 41.06 and was 60.71 in the post- test. Additionally, the hypothesis testing using paired sample t-test resulted significance (2-tailed) value level .000; it was lower than .05. This indicated that Toondoo comic was significantly effective in teaching speaking. Thus it is suggested that Tondoo comic is considered an alternative media in teaching and learning process.
Highlights
In learning a language, especially English as a foreign language in Indonesia (Mariani, 2016;), there are four language skills to be mastered; They are listening, speaking, reading, and writing
Speaking ability in this research refers to the ability of sharing something accurately and fluently based on the comic strip produced in a Toondoo comic
The mean score in the pre-test was 41.06 and was 60.71 in the post-test. It means that the mean score in the post-test was higher than the mean score in the pre-test. This indicated that Toondoo comic was effective in teaching speaking
Summary
Especially English as a foreign language in Indonesia (Mariani, 2016;), there are four language skills to be mastered; They are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The other important elements such as pronunciation, intonation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling all play important roles in effective English production. They should be taught in any language learning to make learners use the target language communicatively. Speaking is called productive skill because it produces messages through oral production. Because this production is observable, productive speaking can be a measure of knowing a language
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