THE USE OF AUDIO-VISUAL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SPEAKING ABILITY AT EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 4 SELARU

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In learning English, students have to master four basic skills, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Speaking is one of the first skills that English students want to acquire given its very important role. Speaking is often considered difficult for students to master because students have to acquire other language components such as grammar, vocabulary pronunciation, and fluency to become proficient English speakers. Using audio-visual media can be a potential strategy to improve students speaking ability in English. audio-visual media is a technique that helps improve students' speaking skills in English in terms of enhance vocabulary, mastery, increasing creativity, and improving students' pronunciation. This study aims to determine whether the use of audio-visual media can improve students' speaking skills in English at SMP N 4 Selaru. This study uses quantitative research, with a quasi-experimental design. with two classes, namely the experimental class in VIIIa and the control class in VIIIb. The number of samples was 30 students. 15 students for class VIII (a) using audio-visual media and 15 for class VIII (b) using conventional methods, data were obtained using tests (pre-test and post-test), in both classes while data were analyzed using T-test, and the data obtained from the pretest and posttest were analyzed through SPSS 26. The average score in the experimental class was 60.47 in the pre-test and the average score was 75.93 in the post-test. while in the control class, the average value in the pre-test was 33.67 and the post-test was 40.00. Overall, the results of this study showed a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of the experimental and control, classes as seen from t-count > t-table (4,481 > 9,074). Therefore, it can be concluded that using audio-visual media can improve students' speaking skills.