IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH SIMULATION

The purpose of this research is to solve the students’ problem in studying speaking English in classroom. It was found that the students have lack of ability in speaking English in the classroom. The problems were assumed derive from uninteresting techniques and monotonous activities done by the teacher when teaching and learning process was going on. To solve the problems above the teacher taught the students speaking through simulation. Because by using simulation the teacher could create various activities that given to the students. It could attract the students’ attention and interest when studying in the classroom and increase students’ speaking ability. This research was action research. The participants of this research were all of the students in Informatika Komputer B (IK.B) at Dynasty Computer Solok. The instruments to collect data were speaking test through interview and field note. Based on those instruments, it was found that studying speaking through simulation could increase students’ speaking ability. Shortly, the students’ speaking ability increased when they studied by using simulatio