THE USE OF INFORMATION GAP TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING FLUENCY IN SPEAKING

AbstractThe purpose of this research was to answer the research question “is the use of information gap techniqueeffective to increase students’ fluency in speaking?” The researcher focused on the eleventh grade students of Madrasah Aliyah Raudhatul Ulum Meranti in Academic Year 2016/2017 by administering a spoken test of asking and giving opinion before and after the treatments. In conducting this research, the researcher applied a-Quasi Experimental Study with provide two groups; experimental group and control group. The population of this research was all students on eleventh grade and the sample was taken from class A (28 students) and class B (28 students). The data were calculated and the result showed that the score of students’ post-test in experimental group (43.285) was higher than score of students’ post-test in control group (35.357) in conclusion, it is clear that the use of information gap technique effect on increasing students’ fluency in speaking. Therefore, the Null Hypothesis that says “there is no difference between the students achievementin increasing fluency in speaking using Information Gap Technique and without using Information Gap Technique”was rejected, and the Alternative Hypothesis that says “there is significant different between students’ achievement increasing fluency in speaking using Information Gap Technique and without using Information Gap Technique” was accepted. Keywords: A-Quasi Experimental study, fluency, information gap technique, speakin