Improving Students Speaking Skill Through Oral Description Practice

This research was intended to improve the students speaking skill through oral description practice technique. The aspects of speaking skill focused in this research were accuracy, fluency, and confidence. The research method that used was a classroom action research. The subject of this research was Grade VIII D at junior high school SMP Negeri 2 Tebas which consist of 28 students. The data was collected by using oral test, observation checklist, fieldnotes, and tape recorder. It was analyzed by describing oral test, tape recorder, observation checklist and fieldnote, and by using formula of mean score. The findings indicated the students speaking skill improved through oral description technique in three cycles. The students mean score in the first cycle was 63.35, the second cycle 72.15 and the last cycle was 75,37. Oral Description Technique was an interesting technique that can be applied in the classroom. It helps student to remind the student about the topic to be described. So, it is hoped that they can speak more fluently. Moreover, by holding something on their hand, they feel confident on their speaking. In addition, the students could learn many vocabularies through describing thing