Teaching English to Indonesian EFL learners is not an easy thing, especially for speaking skills. According to (Fachriyani et al., 2020) in the academic world, English plays a decisive role in getting and sharing many kinds of knowledge from educational sessions such as seminars and conferences, especially at the international level. Effective speaking skills are important for learners of English because students can use to express themselves clearly and accurately in a variety of real-life situations. Speaking in ELT sometimes is a terrible specter. Speaking skill is the most dominant skill learned by many learners of English (Kaharuddin, 2019). Speaking is considered difficult because it includes grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. This makes people find it difficult to learn speaking. Another solution that can be offered today is using games in English Language Teaching. This is called game-based learning and there are many ways to improve speaking skills, especially using card games. Students in this era need things that are flexible. That means the learning media should be easy to change. The use of board games to improve speaking skills is sparse. For this reason, the researcher proposed an alternative technique in teaching speaking skills through a board game.

Keywords: Board game, gamification, CEFR level A1-A2, speaking