The Gender Comparison On Speaking Ability At The Tenth Grade Of Senior High School 1 Ujungbatu

This research aims at knowing whether there is significant difference between male and female on Speaking Ability at The Tenth Grade of Senior High School Ujungbatu. There are 252 students of tenth grade as population that are divided into 7 classes, the researcher took 20 male students and 20 female students as samples that are taken randomly. After doing preliminary study by interviewing, the researcher found out that some of the students low on speaking ability in describing pictures. This research is kind of quantitative research. The design of this research is comparative research by using test and record video while speaking in describing pictures. In analysis the data, independent sample T-test technique is used to measure the difference of students’ speaking ability between male and female students. Based on the research finding, it was found that probability level 0.003