Abstract :
Musniani Amar (A 121 15 107). The Implementation of Snowball Throwing Technique to Improve the Eighth Grade Students’ Speaking Skill at SMP Negeri 2 Palu. Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Language and Arts Education Department, English Education Study Program, Under the supervision of H. Jamiluddin.
The objective of this research is to find out whether or not the implementation of Snowball Throwing Technique can improve the eight grade students’ speaking skill at SMP Negeri 2 Palu. The researcher applied quasi-experimental research. The samples of this research were the students of class VIIIC as the experimental group and class VIIIA as the control group. The samples were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The instrument of data collection was tests divided into pre-test and post-test. The data collection was analyzed statistically. The result of the data analysis shows that there is a significant difference between the result of pre-test and post-test. The mean score of experimental group was significantly improved from 47.97 to 87.88 and the mean score of control group was improved from 55 to 78.3. Based on the result of the pre-test and post-test, the researcher found that the t-counted value is 6.12. By applying degree of freedom (df) 40 and 0.05 level of significance, the researcher found out that the value of t-table is (2.021) which shows that the value of t-counted (6.12) is higher than the value of t-table (2.021). It means that the hypothesis is accepted. In the other words, the implementation of Snowball Throwing Technique can improve of the eighth grade students’ speaking skill at SMP Negeri 2 Palu.
Key words: Snowball Throwing Technique, Speaking Skill