The Effectiveness of Using Handpuppet Towards Students' Speaking Skill in Story Telling (A Quasi Experimental Study at the Second Grade Students of SMP Islam Al-Mu'min)

The objective of the research was to find out the effectiveness of puppet on students? speaking skill especially on narrative text at the second grade students? of SMP Islam Al-Mu?min academic year 2017/2018. The students? populations of Second grade at SMP Islam Al-Mu?min are 58 students, and the samples are 58 students (29 students for experiment class and 29 students for controlled class). The sampling technique that was used by the writer was convenience sampling. The method that used by the writer in the research was quasi experimental method which divided two different classes. The classes were designed as experiment class and control class. Both of the classes were given different treatment by the writer. Experiment class was taught used puppet as the media and the controlled class was taught without it. Moreover, this research was conducted through the following procedures: giving pre-test, applying treatments, and giving post-test. The data analyzed in this research was gathered through speaking test which assessed used speaking rubric. The data analyzed by statistic formula of T-test. The result that was gained from the research proved the difference between students? score in learning speaking skill by Convenience sampling technique. According to the statistical calculation result, to=4,287 and with df 56 in 5% significance level ttable=1.673. it means that t0>ttable. So, the Halternative is accepted. In conclude, the puppet as the media is effective improve students speaking skill in story telling in students eight grade of SMP Islam Al-Mu?min academic year 2017/2018