An Experimental Research on Teaching Speaking Skill by Using Adventure Game and Picture at SMP 1 Talamau West Pasaman Regency

The aim of this research is to find out the effect of adventure game and picture toward students’ speaking skill in descriptive text of SMPN 1 Talamau registed on 2011 2012 academic year. This was based on problems faced by students in speaking especially descriptive text. They were not able to describe the object in spoken form based on competency that they should be mastered. They were only able to repeat what the teacher has described. One of its causes was the teacher did not use effective media in teaching. This research was a quasi experimental research with factorial design. The population of this research was the VIII grade students of SMPN 1 Talamau on the second semester registered 2011-2012 academic year. There were five parallel classes that totalized 125 students. The sample of this research was class VIII4 and VIII5. The sample was selected by cluster random sampling. The instruments were speaking test and questionnaire of personality. The data were analyzed by t-test formula. The result of this research were (1) students’ speaking skill who were taught by using adventure game was better than students’ speaking skill who were taught by using picture, (2) Extroverted students’ speaking skill who were taught by using adventure game was better than extroverted students’ speaking skill who were taught by using picture, (3) Speaking skill of introverted students who were taught by using adventure game was better than speaking skill of introverted students who were taught by using picture. It can be concluded that adventure game gave significant effect toward students’ speaking skill at SMPN 1 Talamau.