IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY USING ROLEPLAY AT 11th GRADE OF SMAN 12 MUARA BUNGO

This Classroom Action Research (CAR) was conducted to improve the students’ speaking ability using the roleplay. It was conducted at SMA N 12 Muara Bungo which involved the 11th grade students as the objects. The reseach found that using role play technique in teaching speaking was success to improve the students’ speaking skill. The criterion of action success is 75% of students could achieve the target score of the minimal mastery level criteria or KKM of English lesson was 76 (seventy six). At the beginning, there were 10 students or 35,71% of students in the class who achieved the standard criterion or KKM in pretest. And then, It was increased in the first cycle, there were 16 or 57,14% of students who achieved the standard criterion or KKM. In cycle 2, there were 24 or 85,71% students in the class who achieved the standard score (KKM). Not only that, based on the observation result showed that the students were braver and more confident in speaking, it is proved that the response of the students toward their interest in learning speaking using role play technique were 75.00% and 80.00% that means it falls into the good and very good category.Peneltian Tindakan Kelas ini dilaksanakan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara bahasa Inggris (Speaking) dengan menggunakan roleplay. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMAN 12  Muara Bungo dengan melibatkan siswa kelas 11 sebagai objek penelitian. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa teknik roleplay berhasil meningkatkan kemampuan speaking siswa. Ditemukan bahwa 75% siswa mencapai taget dengan memperoleh nilai melebihi KKM, dimana nilai KKM adalah 76. Adapun hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu nilai siswa meningkat disetiap siklus yang dilaksanakan. Pada awal pre test,  hanya 35,71% siswa yang memperoleh nilai di atas KKM. Kemudian, pada siklus pertama meningkat menjadi 57,14% siswa atau 16 orang siswa memperoleh nilai di atas KKM. Pada siklus kedua, ditemukan peningkatan jumlah siswa yang memperoleh nilai di atas KKM, yaitu 24 orang siswa atau 85,71% dari jumlah siswa memperoleh nilai di atas KKM. Tidak hanya itu, berdasarkan dari observasi yang dilakukan, dapat dilihat bahwa motivasi siswa dalam belajar meningkat, dengan nilai observasi yang dapat dikategorikan “Baik”, yaitu 75.00% dan 80.00%