THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN INTEGRATED SKILL APPROACH IN TEACHING ENGLISH SKILLS AT CLASS VIII OF SMPN 10 TARAKAN
The objective of this research was to investigate whether or not the Authentic Materials in Integrated Skill Approach was effective as a learning medium in teaching English skills to the eighth-grade students of SMPN 10 Tarakan. This research used a quasi-experimental method with a non-equivalent control group design. The population was the eighth-grade students of SMPN 10 Tarakan where Class Eighth-4 was an experimental class and Class Eighth-3 was a control class chosen using a purposive sampling technique. The data were taken using a test consisting of 4 English Skills. The data were then analyzed using the parametric statistical procedure in this case the independent sample t-test since the data met the criteria of normality and homogeneity. The results of this research showed that there were significant differences in English Skills Approch and those who were (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) was shown better if the students were taught the Authentic Material in Integrated Skill Approach rather than those who were taught using the conventional method.