Abstract :
Speaking is one of communicative skill which students must master in order
to be able to express ideas, and emotions. Researcher is interested to analyze students
speaking skill in asking and giving opinion at eighth grade of SMPN 1 Rambah Hilir.
The purpose this research to find out students speaking skill in asking and giving
opinion at eighth grade of SMPN 1 Rambah Hilir.
The methodology this research is descriptive quantitative. The sample were 50
students. In collecting the data, the researcher used speaking test in form of asking
and giving opinion. In analyzing the data, the researcher used the components in
speaking they are: Accent, Grammar, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension.
From the analysis, it could be concluded that the students? speaking in asking
and giving opinion at eight grade of SMP N 1 Rambah Hilir was 53,22 in average
category. It means that, students are not trained to ask and give opinion in English.