IMPROVING SPEAKING SKILLS THROUGH ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGY OF THE YEAR EIGHT STUDENTS

This research aimed at proving that active learning strategy can improve the speaking skill of the year eight students of SMP Negeri 1 Dako Pemean. The researcher used pre-experimental design. The population of this research was the eighth grade students and the sample was class B consisting of 26 students. The sample was chosen by purposive sampling technique. The data were collected through oral test. The pre-test and the post-test were used to measure the improvement of the students‟ speaking skill before and after the treatment. Based on the result of the pre-test and the post-test, it is obtained that the t-counted value is 6.920. By applying 0.05 level of significance and the 25 (26-1) degree of freedom, it was found that t-table value is 2.060. It shows that the t-counted value is greater than the t-table value. It means that the use of active learning strategy can improve speaking skill of the year eight students of SMP Negeri 1 Dako Pemean. Keywords: Improving, Speaking, Active Learnin