The effect of jigsaw on speaking performance of first grade students at SMAN 3 Bandarlampung

This research was aimed at investigating the significant difference of students’ speaking performance after being taught by using Jigsaw. This research was conducted at SMAN 3 Bandar Lampung in which the participants were 33 students of First Grade. The data were collected by using speaking test using. The data collected were analyzed through Paired Sample T-Test in SPSS version 20. The result showed that there is a significant difference of students’ speaking performance after the implementation of jigsaw, with a significance level at .001 (p .05). This technique makes students get used to the target language being learnt and provides more language exposure that can help students to lessen their hesitance and reluctance in saying or uttering words or sentences in performing speaking in English. It is suggested for further researchers to investigate the effectiveness of jigsaw in teaching other language skills or aspects in different level of education