A Study on Teaching Method Used By The English Teachers in Teaching Speaking at SMPN 3 Pekanbaru

Speaking skill is an important skill that students should master when they learn language. To develop student speaking ability teachers need a teaching method to improve their speaking skill. The title of this research is "A Study on Teaching Method Used by the English Teacher in Teaching Speaking at SMPN 3 Pekanbaru". There are enormous teaching methods that can be applied in the teaching and learning process, But according to experts there are only four methods suitable for teaching speaking. The four teaching methods are Audio Lingual Method (ALM), Communicative Language Learning (CLT), Direct Method and Discussion Method. The objectives of the research was to describe the method applied by the teachers in teaching speaking skill the seventh grade students and to determine students' perceptions about the teaching methods used by teachers in the teaching and learning process in the seventh grade of SMPN 3 Pekanbaru in Academic Year 2019/ 2020. The research subjects were the English teachers seventh grade of SMPN 3 Pekanbaru. The research was descriptive qualitative research. The research was conducted in SMPN 3 Pekanbaru. The data was collected by using observation and interview. The techniques of analyzing the data are data observation, the interview data, presenting the data and drawing the conclusion. The results of this study indicate that there are two teachers who teach English in seventh grade at SMPN 3 Pekanbaru, each teacher has a different teaching method in teaching speaking in class. Based on the results of the observation data, interview data and data analysis the researchers concluded that Teacher I used the CLT Method and Discussion Method, while Teacher II used the Direct Method and Discussion Method. And the results of the interview data stated the conclusion that students' perceptions of the teaching methods that have been applied by the teachers to teach are very good and make students prefer and feel happy when learning English, especially speakin