THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING METHOD TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 1 CIRUAS

The objective of this research was to know the effectiveness of using communicative language teaching method toward students’ speaking skill at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Ciruas. The researcher used a quantitative approach by applying true experimental design for conducting the research. The population of this research was the second grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Ciruas. The sample of this research was chosen based on simple random sampling. The groups were put into an experimental group and a control group. Each group consists of 30 students. Pre-test and post-test were given to the experimental group and control group. The treatment was given only to an experimental group for two meetings. The researcher used content validity and inter-rater reliability in order to make the instruments were valid and reliable. In testing the hypothesis, the researcher used t-test formula to know the effectiveness of using communicative language teaching method toward students’ speaking skill at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Ciruas. The calculation showed the result of 𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 is higher than 𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 (3.43 ≥ 2.00) with the significance 0.05 (5%). It can be concluded that there is an effectiveness of using communicative language teaching method toward students speaking skill at the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 1 Ciruas.

Keyword: Effectiveness, Speaking, Communicative Language Teaching method