@thesis{thesis, author={Muhammad Candra and Salma Salma and Satria Agust}, title ={Improving Students’ Speaking Ability Through Role Play Technique at The Eight Grade of SMPN 1 Kecamatan Bunguran Timur Laut}, year={2022}, url={http://repositori.umrah.ac.id/2602/}, abstract={This study aimed at improving students? speaking ability through role play technique at the eighth grade of SMPN 1 Kecamatan Bunguran Timur Laut. The subject of this research was the VIII.1 grade students which consisted of 15 students, 10 for female and 5 for male students. This research was Classroom Action Research (CAR) and decided to conduct action research by implementing the model proposed by Kemmis and McTaggart. There were two cycles with three meetings in each cycle. There were four board in each cycles: planning, action, observation and reflection. The results of the research showed that the implementation of the role-play technique in the English teaching and learning process was effective to improve the students? speaking skills. They could perform more confidently. Moreover, their motivation and enthusiasm in English learning also improved. Furthermore, there was an increase from 66.9 to 78.7 from the pretest to the posttest. It concluded that through role-play technique the students? speaking ability improved.} }