The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning-Jigsaw Model to Enhance Students’ Speaking 
Ability: an Experimental Study at Xi Grade of MAN 1 Mataram 
 
Jurnal Indonesia Sosial Teknologi, Vol. 5, No. 5 May 2024                                                   2411 
and as a result, many people who do not speak English will have difficulty accessing 
information and fall behind (Adawiyah et al., 2023). Proficiency in English will facilitate 
effective  communication  across  borders  in  various  fields  such  as  business,  science, 
technology, and diplomacy. It provides access to a wealth of global resources, literature, 
and  information,  fostering  international  understanding,  collaboration,  and  cultural 
exchange.  Moreover, it  enhances  employability in  a  global  job market and  promotes 
inclusivity  by  enabling  individuals  to  connect  and  interact  with  people  from  diverse 
linguistic backgrounds (Pangestika & Ratnaningsih, 2018). There are four skills that exist 
in  English,  namely  Listening,  Reading,  Writing,  and  Speaking.  Teaching  English  at 
school contexts both at junior and senior high schools in Indonesia requires students to 
master the receptive skills (listening and reading) and the productive skills (speaking and 
writing) (Nurhalizah et al., 2021). 
This study focuses on the productive skill since it reflects the performance of the 
students.  Performance  is  related  to  the  ability  to  perform  language  well  which  is  a 
benchmark of success in language or achievement of English learning outcomes. From 
the productive skills, speaking skill is chosen since the ability to speak is very important. 
According to (Febiyanti et al., 2020) speaking is the ability to talk fluently, which requires 
both knowledge of language features and the ability to process information quickly. For 
non-native speakers like in Indonesia, especially English learners, mastering speaking 
skill is difficult.  The  problem appears since  the students have difficulty  in arranging 
words into sentences, lack self-confidence and tend to memorize the text (Sari, 2017). 
This is an obstacle to enhance English language skills. With this difficulty, students are 
unable to convey their  ideas and information so that students tend not to improve in 
speaking as happened at one of the schools in West Nusa Tenggara, namely MAN 1 
Mataram. 
Preliminary  observation  was  conducted  at  MAN  1  Mataram,  Nusa  Tenggara 
Barat. According to the information delivered by one of the English Teachers, the students 
there mostly had a problem in their speaking ability especially at XI grade since the XI 
grade has the lowest speaking ability among the other two grades seen from the way of 
presenting a material and the discussion in the class. Also, the author made the second 
observation in order to ensure the teacher's information regarding the lack of speaking 
ability by observing the speaking activity in the class. The author saw that there was a 
problem in speaking ability especially at XI grade that was characterized by a lack of 
ability  to  make  a sentence, tend to memorize the  text and  have low  self-confidence. 
Therefore,  the  author  decided  to  conduct  a  study  which  aims  to  focus  on  Students' 
speaking ability especially at XI grade students of MAN 1 Mataram. 
There are basically many solutions to solve the speaking problem such as Content-
Based Approach, Audience-Centric Approach, Cooperative Learning, and so forth. This 
study chooses Cooperative learning as a problem-solving since the author believes that in 
order to solve an issue related to a speaking ability, the approach which focuses and forces 
collaborative learning is needed. Cooperative Learning (CL) refers to a teaching method 
that allows students to work together on research projects (Namaziandost et al., 2020).