Teaching Descriptive Speaking by Using Cue Card Media

Abstract

This study aims to know whether teaching descriptive speaking by using cue card media is effective and to know to what extent cue card media is effective to teach descriptive speaking. Pre-experimental design, one group pre-test post-test, is used in this study, which is conducted in the eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Tangerang Selatan. There are 47 students in the VIII–5 class in the academic year 2023–2024 that make up the study sample. During data collection, the five components of speaking skill—pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, and comprehension—are examined using Haris's (1969) scoring rubric. The result demonstrates that cue card media have a significant effect on teaching descriptive speaking. The t-table is 2.013 at the significance level of 0.05 and on the df = 46. The result demonstrates that the t-test value (6.62 > 2.013) is greater than the t-table value. The alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted while the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. Additionally, the cue card media has a significant effect on teaching descriptive speaking, as seen by the effect size of 3.69. Therefore, it can be concluded that cue card media is an effective media to teach descriptive speaking to the eighth grade students at SMP Negeri 3 Tangerang Selatan.