The Effect of Using Communicative Language Teaching on The Students’ Speaking Achievement

Abstract

This thesis aims to find out whether Communicative Language Teaching has significant effect or not on the students’ speaking achievement at SMA Negeri Unggulan Sukma Nias. This study uses quantitative method with quasi-experimental research that included four meetings. The classes X – MIPA 1 (Experimental Class) and X – MIPA 2 (Control Class) were the subject of this study. X – MIPA 1 consisted of 24 students and X – MIPA 2 consisted of 25 students. The findings of this study revealed that the students’ successful criteria improved from 33,3 % to 83,3 % The results showed that the using of Communicative Language Teaching does not have any significant effect on the students’ speaking achievement since the t-test value is lower than the table which means that null hypothesis (H0) is accepted and alternative hypothesis(H1) is rejected.