STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF ROLE-PLAY AS A TECHNIQUE TO TEACH SPEAKING SKILL TO ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

The objective of the study is to improve eleventh grade students’ speaking skills using role-play as a technique at MA Bi’rul Ulum Sidoarjo. During the conduct, the researcher involved the supervising teacher and the language teacher of grade Eleventh Language class. The target of the research was 18 students of grade XI of Science class of Madrasah Bi’rul Ulum Sidoarjo within the academic year then selected 6 students among the class for the research using role-play as a technique. The researcher received the data from the questionnaire, students’ interviews, observation, and video recordings were used as instruments to gather data during the implementation of the action. The researcher conducted two phases of action for this study. The study's results indicated that the implementation of role play as a technique effectively improves students’ speaking skills. The role play technique is shown to be effective in increasing students’ speaking skills because it motivates the students to learn to speak, confidence in speaking, and boosts their interaction. This indicates that the role-play technique resulted in positive feedback on students’ performance improvement in learning