The Effectiveness Of Talking Chips Method To Teach Speaking Viewed From Students’ Intelligence Quotient (An Experimental Research At The First Semester Students Of Stkip-Pgri Pontianak In The Academic Year Of 2013/2014)

The objectives of this research are to find out whether: (1) Talking Chips method is more effective than Peer Tutoring method to teach speaking to the first semester students of STKIP PGRI Pontianak in the academic year of 2013/2014; (2) the students having high intelligence have better speaking skill than those having low intelligence; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching methods and intelligence in teaching speaking to the first semester students of STKIP PGRI Pontianak in the academic year of 2013/2014. This experimental study was conducted at STKIP PGRI Pontianak in the Academic Year of 2013/2014. The population was the first semester students who were selected through cluster random sampling. The samples are class A as experimental class that was taught using Talking Chips method and class B as control class that was taught using Peer Tutoring method. Each class was divided into two groups (the students who have high and low intelligence). The instruments of collecting data were speaking test and questionnaire. Then, the data were analyzed using multifactor analysis of ANOVA 2x2 and Tukey test. The research findings show that: (1) Talking Chips method is more effective than Peer Tutoring method in teaching speaking; (2) The students having high intelligence have better speaking skill than the students having low intelligence; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and student’s intelligence for teaching speaking. Based on the research findings, in general it can be concluded that Talking Chips is an effective method to teach speaking. By using Talking Chips method the students can enhance their speaking skill. Therefore, the teacher is suggested to apply Talking Chips to teaching speaking. Then, the effectiveness of the method is influenced by the level of the student’s intelligence. As a result, the teaching method and student’s intelligence have important role in teaching and learning process.