THE EFFECT OF ROLE PLAY TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL (An Experiment Study at Grade XI IPA High School 1 Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatera, Indonesia)

Abstract

The aim of the research was to know the effect of role play toward the students’ speaking skill. Thus, the experiment (XI IPA 1) and control groups (XI IPA 2) were created: the experiment group was taught by Role Play while the control group was taught by information gap. The total subject of this research were 62 students of science High School 1 Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman Regency,West Sumatera, Indonesia, who were enrolled in two classes of grade XI IPA 1 and grade XI IPA 2 in 2013/2014 academic years. This research was quantitave research. The instruments were applied here were observation sheet and speaking test. The result showed that from mean score of experimental class 21,42 and mean score of control class 20,48, it means the students who were taught through role play get the better result in English Speaking skill with those who were taught through information gap. It can be concluded that role play gave significant effect on students’ speaking skill