ImprovingStudents’ Speaking Skills through Jigsaw at Grade Eleven of SMAKampus Nommensen Pematangsiantar

Abstract

This study aims to improve students’ speaking skills in garde eleven high school students in the Nommensen Campus through Jigsaw techniques. This research is a Classroom Action Research. The strategy adopted is determined collaboratively between researchers, teachers and students. The subjects in this study are grade eleven senior high school students in the Nommensen Campus which consist of 34 students. This action research is carried out in two
cycles, each of which consisted of planning, implementing actions, observing and reflecting. Data collection techniques are classroom observations, interviews, field notes, questionnaires, and tests. Data analysis technique uses qualitative descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicates that the use of Jigsaw techniques can improve German speaking skills, positive attitudes and activeness towards learning German in grade eleven senior high school students in the Nommensen Campus. This can be seen from the results of students' speaking skills test with an average value of 73.82 in the first cycle increased to 81.18 in the second cycle. The attitude of students towards learning German in the first cycle is classified as sufficient category, after the implementation of the second cycle the attitude of students turns into a good category. The activeness of students towards learning German in the first cycle is included in the medium category with an average of 50%, after the implementation of the second cycle turns into a high category with an average of more than 75%. Thus, the speaking skills of German language in grade eleven students at the Nommensen Campus High School have improved in terms of the process and the results after being given action using Jigsaw technique.