The Effectiveness of Numbered Head Together (NHT) Method to Improve Speaking Ability of The Second Grade Students’ at SMP PGRI Sienjo Kabupaten Parigi Moutong

This research was about the effectiveness of Numbered Head Together to improve students’ speaking ability. This research was conducted at SMP PGRI Sienjo. In this research, the population was students in the second grade. The member of population were 50 students. In taking the sample, class A and class B was chosen by using the total sampling. The researcher took all population as the sample of the research. There were 25 students in class The result of the data analysis shows that the mean score of speaking test before treating Numbered Head Together metod was 27,73 And after treating, the mean score was improved by 48,53 The t-test value 5,83 was higher than t-table value 2,011 From the result of the research, the researcher conclude that the hypothesis was accepted. It means that using Numbered Head Together method was effective in teaching students’ speaking ability at the second grade in SMP PGRI Sienjo.