THE EFFECT OF USING ANIMAL CARTOON PICTURES ON STUDENTS' SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT

This study deals with the effect of animal cartoon pictures on students' speaking achievement. The objective of this study is to find out whether the animal cartoon pictures significantly affects students achievement in speaking. It was an experimental research. The subject of the study was students of the grade XI of MAN 1 Medan. The sample was divided into two groups. The experimental group was taught byusing animal cartoon pictures, while the control group was taught by applying conventional strategy. The instrument for collecting the data was interview test. The data were analyzed by using t­ test formula. The analysis showed that t-observed value 8.5> t-table value 1.9 at a = 0.05 with dF= 78 the findings indicate that using animal cartoon pictures significantly affected students' speaking achievement. Therefore, the null hyphothesis (Ho) is rejected and the hypothesis alternative (Ha) is accepted.