The Effect of Using Pop-Up Book Learning Media on Speaking Skills of Grade IV Students in the Indonesian Language Subject

Abstract

The study was conducted to describe the differences in speaking skills of students who use Pop-Up Book learning media with students who use Talking Stick learning media and to describe the differences in improving speaking skills of students who use Pop-Up Book learning media with students who use Talking Stick learning media in the Indonesian Language subject for grade IV. This study was conducted at SD Negeri 1 Winduhaji, Kuningan District, Kuningan Regency using a quasi-experimental research method. The design of this study was a nonequivalent control group design. The subjects of this study were grade IV of SD Negeri 1 Winduhaji which had two classes, namely class IV A (experimental class) consisting of 25 students and class IV B (control class) consisting of 24 students. The data analysis technique used was quantitative analysis obtained from the pretest and posttest results. The data analysis was analyzed using a t-test, from the results of the analysis showed that the two classes had differences in speaking skills and differences in improving speaking skills between students who used Pop-Up Book learning media and students who used Talking Stick learning media. So it can be explained that there is an influence of Pop-Up Book learning media on students' speaking skills.