Chapter 1 introduction

B. Research Problem 
Based on the background of the study, the problem of the study are 
formulated as follows: 
1. How is the students’ speaking achievement before they are taught by using 
finger puppets as media? 
2. How is the students’ speaking achievement after they are taught by using 
finger puppets as media? 

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3. Is there any significant difference score of the students before and after 
they are taught by using finger puppets as media? 
C. The Purpose of the Study
Based on the formulation of the problem above, the purpose of the study 
are: 
1. To know the student’s speaking achievement before they are taught by 
using finger puppets as media. 
2. To know the student’s speaking achievement after they are taught by using 
finger puppets as media. 
3. To know whether there is significance difference score of the students 
before and after being using finger puppets as media. 
D. The Significance of the Study 
It is expected that the results of this study are useful for teacher, students 
and other future researchers. 
For the teachers, the result of the study can inspire them in having many 
selections of media in teaching speaking that can enrich the quality to improve in 
teaching speaking. 
Meanwhile, for the students, the result of the study can enrich their 
knowledge about finger puppets to improve their speaking achievement. As 

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candidate of teaches, they can take the advantages of using media in teaching 
when they later conduct a teaching practice.
Finally, for the researcher, the results of the study are expected give 
information in conducting different studies related to the same topic.
E. Scope and Limitation of the Study 
The study is intended to find out significant different scores of the students 
in speaking achievement before and after being taught by using finger puppets. 
In other words, the study is directed to know whether or not finger puppets 
are effective used to improve students’ achievement in speaking. The study is 
conducted at MTs Sultan Agung Jabalsari Tulungagung for the first grade 
students. 
F. Hypothesis
The hypothesis is a powerful tool in scientific inquiry and it is used for 
seeking truth. A hypothesis may be precisely defined as a tentative proposition 
suggested as a solution to a problem or as an explanation of some phenomenon 
(Ary et al, 1985:75). In this study, there are two formulated hypothesis: 
1. Alternative Hypothesis (Ha): There is significant difference of the 
students’ speaking achievement score before they are taught by using 
finger puppets as media. 

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2. Null Hypothesis (Ho): There is no significant difference of the students’ 
speaking achievement score after they are taught by using finger puppets 
as media.