Effects of Visual Image Strategy on Students Speaking Skills : an Experimental Study at Secondary Level

Abstract

This research aimed to show the impact of the Visual Image strategy on the students’ speaking skills at 10^th grade at one of the private schools in Jember. The design of research used was quasi-experimental by forming 2 groups, Its Control, and Experimental group. To investigate the effectiveness of the visual image strategy, the researcher conducted an oral test with the first step is giving 2-3 treatments to the experimental group, then the researcher conducted a post-test to the control and experimental group which finally the scores of the two groups were compared through three steps (T-Table, T-test, and DRE). The results of this study can be input and motivation for teachers to determine students' speaking skills and can apply this strategy to learning English in the classroom.