Application of Flashcard Media to improve Children's Speaking Ability

Abstract

The problem in this study is that there are still some children who are not able to speak fluently. This study aims to determine whether Flashcard media can improve speaking skills of early childhood. This study uses a quantitative approach with a pre experimental research design type one group pretest-posttest design. In this study, the population was early childhood in TK Air Putih Sitakuak Sungai Tarab, Tanah Datar Regency with 10 children. The research sample was child b, totaling 7 people. The average pretest result was 11.86, after the pretest was carried out then treatment was given in the form of using Flashcard media, during the treatment there was an increase which was seen from the posttest results where the average was 16.57. If it is seen in the table, the value of tt at 5% level, the critical value is 2.44, so it can be seen that t0 is greater than tt, i.e. 3.867 > 2.44 because t0 is greater than tt, so the proposed null hypothesis (h0) is rejected and the proposed hypothesis is rejected. alternative is accepted (ha) This means that the application of Flashcard media can improve children's speaking skills at a significant level of 5%. So, it can be concluded that the application of Flashcard media can improve the speaking ability of early childhood.