THE EFFECT OF USING PODCAST ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE SECOND GRADE OF STUDENTS' JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

This research aimed to find out the effect of podcast on students' speaking skill at “Junior High School 30 Muaro Jambi”. This study used quasi experimental research. The population of this research was the students of the second grade of SMP 30 Muaro Jambi. The sample was 46 students of two classes. The sampling technique used in this study was purposive sampling. They were divided into two groups, 23 students for experimental group and 23 students for control group. It is given in pre-test and postest. After collecting the data, then the researcher analyzed the data by using t-test formula. The finding shown t-count t0 was 4.437, meanwhile, the t-table (tt) of df ( 44 ) in significant 5 % was 1.680. It means t-count was higher than t-table (tt), so the alternative hyphothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hyphothesis (Ho) was rejected. It is proven that there was a significant effect of podcast towards students’ speaking skill of descriptive text. Based on the table the significant value 0.000 and the significant level 0.05, it means that the significant level is higher than significant value. The researcher concluded that H02 is rejected and Ha2 is accepted, because there was a significant differences of using podcast on students' speaking skills at the second grade of SMP 30 Muaro Jambi.