Enhancing Students' Speaking Skills Using an Interactive E-storybook

Abstract

Speaking is one of the productive skills in English. People are considered to master English if they can speak fluently in English. However, speaking can be challenging for non-native speakers. This research is Quasi Experimental research that aimed to determine the effect of E-storybook media in improving students' speaking skills. Members of the English Club at SMK N 1 Purwokerto participated in this study. This research was divided into 2 classes, namely control class and experimental class, within each class consist of 15 students. The pre-test, post-test, questionnaire and interview were the data-gathering methods employed in this study. The qualitative data obtained was analyzed through several steps: classification, reduction, description, and analysis. Meanwhile, for quantitative data which are the speaking test results, it was analyzed by using paired t-test. The result score of pre-test control class was 50.33 and post-test was 50.67, it can be concluded that there is no significant increase. Meanwhile, in the result score of pre-test experimental class was 49.66 and post-test was 69.33. However, it means that there was significant increase in experiment class. The results are proven by the paired sample t-test which is 0, 00 or < 0, 05, Ho is rejected and Ha accepted. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of E-storybook is effective to improving the students’ speaking skills