IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH CHAIN DRILL AT MA ASH-SHALIHIN GOWA
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to find out whether or not the use of Chain Drill improve the students’ speaking ability at the tenth-grade of MA Ash-Shalihin Gowa. This research used pre-experimental method. The population of this research was the tenth-grade students of MA Ash-Shalihin Gowa in 2021/2022 academic year. The sample was class X that consisted of 20 students and used the total sampling technique. The instruments for this research were using speaking test and audio recorder The results showed that there was a significant difference of students’ mean score in pre-test and post-test, where the mean score in post-test was higher than pre-test (82.90 >41.90) and the T-Test value was greater than the T- Table value (31.110 > 2.093). Based on the result of the data analysis, it can be concluded that the use of Chain Drill improved students’ speaking ability.
KEYWORDS: Chain Drill, Speaking Ability