The Effect of Storytelling and Self-Motivation on Students‟ Speaking Ability: A Quasi- Experimental Research at the Eighth Grade of SMP Insan Rabbany ? South Tangerang

The objective of this research is to prove empirically the effect of storytelling and selfmotivation on students‟ speaking ability at the eighth grade of SMP Insan Rabbany, BSD, in South Tangerang, academic year 2017/2018. Conducted by using quasi-experimental method, the data was collected through questionnaire, test, and documentation. The population in this study was all students of SMP Insan Rabbany, while the target population is all the eighth graders which consist of 127 pupils. Meanwhile, the sample of this study were two classes of grade eight; one class as the experimental group and the other as the control group. The intake group sampling technique was used under the reason not to interfere the school system and structures that have been established there. The students‟ speaking ability data was obtained through speaking test where the scores were interpreted using speaking assessment rubric. Meanwhile, the data of students‟ selfmotivation was gained through the ?AMTB‟ adapted from R.C. Gardner. The results of this study revealed that: (1) there is significant difference on students‟ speaking ability between those who are taught by storytelling and dialogic reading, (2) there is significant difference on students‟ speaking ability between those who have high self-motivation that are taught by storytelling and dialogic reading, (3) there is significant difference on students‟ speaking ability between those who have low self-motivation that are taught by storytelling and dialogic reading, and (4) there is no interaction between storytelling and self-motivation on students‟ speaking ability. Overall, about 91.7 percent students of experimental group have gained the ?Excellent‟, ?Well Done‟, and ?Very Good‟ predicate on their speaking test. This means that through this technique, the students‟ speaking ability is improve