ABSTRACT

Putri, Aurelia Oktavia (2024) Improving Students’ English Speaking Skills Through Role Play in SMA Negeri 11 Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University.

Role play, as a teaching strategy, does not only enable students to express their thoughts and ideas but also allow them to interact with their peers and engage in productive discussions. Role play is one of the ways to improve speaking skills, especially in English. Students’ ability to learn and create conversational dialogue independently based on the topic given by the teacher shows the improvement of students speaking ability.

In this thesis, the researcher examined the improvement of speaking skills through the practice of Role play among students at SMA Negeri 11 Yogyakarta. The researcher had two objectives. Firstly, the application of Classroom Action Research (CAR) was utilized to find the students problem in speaking and provide periodic guidance on the topic of “asking and giving opinion”. Secondly, the researcher aimed to find the development of speaking skills in students through the use of Role Play.

The findings of the research lead to some conclusions. First, students were more confident and fluent when they were speaking English. Second, it was evident that there was a significant improvement in both grades and English language competency after engaging in role play activities. These significant conditions were influenced by a conducive classroom situation, student cooperation during pair work, engaging activities that stimulate speaking skills.

Keywords: speaking, role play, pair work