THE EFFECT OF USING PEER ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MAN PALUTA IN 20232024 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

The aims of the research were to know the extent of using peer assessment technique in teaching speaking skill giving opinion, the extent of the students’ speaking skill before and after using peer assessment technique, and to know whether there is a significant effect of using peer assessment technique on students’ speaking skill at the eleventh grade of MAN PALUTA. The research was conducted by using experimental method (pretest posttest one group design) with 38 students as the sample and population, they have taking by using total sampling technique. Test and observation were using in collecting the data. Based on the data analysis, it can be found the average of using peer assessment technique in teaching speaking skill is 95% categorized "very good", and the mean score of students speaking skill before using peer assessment technique was 36.84 categorized "fail" and after 50.65 categorized "bad". Furthermore, based on inferential statistic by using Wilcoxon Test (non parametic statistic because the data is not normal distribution), result shoes the significant was less than 0.05 (0.00<0.05). It means, there is a significant effect of the using peer assessment technique on students' speaking skill in giving opinion at the eleventh grade students of MAN PALUTA.