THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING GUESSING GAMES IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TOWARDS THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 SRENGAT BLITAR

NURIL ASMA'UL HUSNA, 126203211061 (2025) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING GUESSING GAMES IN TEACHING SPEAKING SKILL TOWARDS THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 SRENGAT BLITAR. [ Skripsi ]

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Husna, Nuril Asma’ul. Student Registered Number 126203211061. 2025. The Effectiveness of Using Guessing Games in Teaching Speaking Skill towards the Seventh Grade Students at SMPN 1 Srengat Blitar. Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic University of Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Dwi Astuti Wahyu Nurhayati, S.S., M.Pd. Keywords: the effectiveness, guessing games, speaking skill Speaking skills are an important part of learning English because a person’s English fluency is often measured by their speaking ability. However, many students find it hard to speak fluently because they lack motivation and the lessons are not interesting. Traditional teaching methods often do not encourage students to speak actively, which makes them feel shy and less confident. One fun and effective way to help students practice speaking is by using guessing games. These games make learning more interactive and enjoyable, helping students feel more relaxed and willing to speak in English. This study aims to find out whether there is a significant difference in students' speaking skills before and after being taught using guessing games in the seventh grade at SMPN 1 Srengat Blitar in the academic year 2024/2025. The research is based on the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach, which focuses on interaction as a main part of language learning. This study used a quantitative research method with a pre-experimental design, specifically a one-group pre-test and post-test design. In this design, one group of students was given treatment and their speaking performance was compared before and after the treatment. The sample of the research was class VIID, which consisted of 32 students (15 male and 17 female). The research instrument was an oral speaking test that assessed pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, with each aspect being evaluated separately. Data were collected through pre-test and post-test scores, then analyzed using SPSS version 29 through a paired sample t-test. The results of this study showed a significant improvement in the students' speaking skills, as reflected in the increase in their mean scores from 8.84 in the pre-test to 14.84 in the post-test. The paired sample t-test results further supported this finding, with a significance value (sig. 2-tailed) of 0.001, which was smaller than the p-value of 0.05 (0.001 < 0.05). This indicates that the difference in speaking performance before and after the treatment was statistically significant, meaning that the guessing games had a positive impact on students’ speaking skills. The acceptance of the alternative hypothesis (Ha) and rejection of the null hypothesis (H0) provided strong evidence that using guessing games, effectively improved the speaking skills of the seventh-grade students at SMPN 1 Srengat Blitar. This finding supports the idea that interactive activities, such as guessing games, can boost student participation and improve various aspects of speaking.

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