%A - ANDINI
%T THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MODIFIED PICTIONARY GAMES TO
IMPROVE STUDENTS? SPEAKING SKILL IN EIGHTH GRADE
OF SMPN 2 TANJUNG RAJA
%X This study investigated whether or not there was a statistically significant improvement
of the students? speaking skill after the students were taught the game-based learning
through modified pictionary games. This study was quantitative research with one-group
pre-test and post-test design. The population of this study consisted of 50 eighth-grade
students from two classes, while the sample was selected using cluster random sampling,
comprising 25 students from class VIII B at SMPN 2 Tanjung Raja. They were collected
using a pre-test and a post-test of the speaking test. The data was then analyzed by running
a paired sample T-test to test the hypothesis. The result showed that there was a
statistically significant improvement in students? post-test scores compared to the pre-test
scores. The students? mean score in the pre-test was 8.22, and the mean score in the posttest increased to 12.08. That indicates that the students? improvement was a gain of 3.86.
Besides, the statistical result computed through SPSS 26.00 revealed that there is
statistically significant improvement of students? speaking skill with the number of
significance is <.000, which is lower than 0.05; this result confirms that the improvement
of the students is significant. Moreover, the result of the t-value (-11.086) is higher than
the t-table (?2.064), which means the H1 is accepted. These results confirmed that
teaching speaking by implementing game-based learning through modified pictionary
games improved students? speaking skill.
Keywords: Speaking skill, Game-based Learning, Modified Pictionary, Improvement.
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2025
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%L eprints89069