THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPETITION DRILL IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL

Abstract

Speaking is one of the language skills that must be mastered by students so that the learning process can run well and smoothly, one of them is by using Repetition Drill. The purpose of this research is to find out whether there is a significant effect of using repetition exercises on students' speaking skills and how students think about repetition training techniques in teaching second grade speaking skills at SMP 8 Banda Aceh in academics. The research methodology used is the Quasy experimental design. Student learning outcomes data obtained by doing pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. Data were analyzed manually using statistical formulas, T-tests and T-tables. Namely T-test> T-table = 12.80> 1.72. the results of the questionnaire analysis showed a positive response that 74% of students stated that they agreed the repetition exercise technique improved their ability to speak descriptive texts. Means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. The conclusion of this research is the repetition drill technique increases the ability to speak descriptive texts.