THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SIMULATION TECHNIQUE TO TEACH
SPEAKING VIEWED FROM STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY
(An Experimental Study on Informatics Students of STT RRI Malang in the
Academic Year of 2012/2013)
Afi Normawati. S891202001. 2013. The Effectiveness of Simulation
Technique to Teach Speaking Viewed from Students’ Creativity (An Experimental
Study on Informatics Students of STT RRI Malang in the Academic Year of
2012/2013).Thesis. Consultant: Dr. Abdul Asib, M. Pd, Co-consultant: Dr.
Sumardi, M. Hum. English Education Department.Graduate School of Sebelas
Maret University Surakarta.
The objectives of the research are to investigatewhether: (1) Simulation
Technique is more effective than Cooperative Script Technique to teach speaking
for Informatics program students of STT RRI Malang in the Academic Year of
2012/2013; (2) students with high creativity have better speaking skill than the
students with low creativity; (3) there is an interaction effect between teaching
techniques and the students’ creativity on the students speaking skill.
The research method applied in this research was an experimental
research. The population of the research was Informatics students of STT RRI
Malang in the Academic Year of 2012/2013 consisting of five classes. The
samples were two classes. Each of classes consisted of 20 students. The samples
were taken by using cluster random sampling technique. The experimental class
was taught by using Simulation technique, while the control class was taught
using Cooperative Script technique. The data were obtained from creativity test
and speaking test. The data from speaking scores were collected after the students
had eight times treatment for each group. The researcher analyzed the data using
ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) and Tukey test.
The research findings are: (1) Simulation technique is more effective than
Cooperative Script technique to teach speaking for Informatics students of STT
RRI Malang; (2) the speaking skill of the students having high creativity is better
than that of the students having low creativity; (3) there is an interaction between
teaching techniques and students’ creativity in teaching speaking. For the
students who have high creativity, Simulation technique is more effective than
Cooperative Script technique. For the students who have low creativity, both
Simulation and Cooperative Script technique have the same effect on the students’
speaking skill.
Keywords: Simulation technique, Cooperative Script technique, speaking skill,
creativity, experimental researc
