Abstract :
In the process of teaching and learning mainly in teaching speaking skill, there are
some problems of the teachers, such as: the mastery of methods, strategies and
approaches. The English teachers must be able to find out and apply proper strategies in
the teaching learning process. As the mediator and facilitator, English teacher should be
able to overcome and look for the problem solving of their students’ problems. They have
to apply appropriate method and approach based on the situation and condition of the
students and their environment. In this case, board game is one of approaches which is
expected to be able to increase students’ speaking ability. In this research, the writer
formulated two problems: (1) To what extent is the student's speaking ability for the eighth
grade of MTs NW Penakak in the school year 2014-2015? and (2) What is the effect of
board game in improving the students’ speaking ability at the second grade of MTs NW
Mardhatillah Penakak in the school year 2014/2015. ? This research was an experimental
study. The sample of the study was divided into two groups; experimental group and
control group, then the two groups were given the same test. Furthermore, this research
used speaking test as the instrument to collect the data. Moreover, the researcher used
hypothesis testing to measure the students speakingability. After that, he analyzed the data
which were obtained from the experimental group in which they were taught by applying
scaffolding talk and the control group was taught by using traditional method.The result of
the data analysis indicated that the eighth grade students of MTs NW Penakak attained
high score on the post test for experimental group.It was the fact that the effectiveness of
board game talk was indicated by the mean score of the students that was 58.65.
Furthermore, it was also indicated by the result ofhypothesis testing that the alternative
hypothesis was accepted. It was provable that the t-table was lower than t-test in which the
t-table was 1.68 and t-test 7.16. Therefore, it canbe concluded that the experimental group
had higher ability in speaking skill than the control group.