The Effect of Project-Based Learning In Improving Students' Speaking Ability

The aims of this study were to investigated the effect of Project-Based Learning in improving students' speaking ability. This research was conducted on students of grade X MIA-3 at SMAN 1 Simeulue Timur involved 31 students in the academic year of 2019/2020 and the English teacher as the research collaborator. The data
of the study were in the forms of qualitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by questionnaire and interview analysis. The results of this research showed that the effect of the Project-Based Learning was able to improve the students' speaking ability. Based on the qualitative data, applying the Project￾Based Learning method gave the students more chances to speak in English. The students became more confident to speak up English. They actively participated during the teaching and learning process. The effect of classroom English helped the students to be more familiar with English. From the result of the questionnaire and interview indicated that the Project-Based Learning method could considerable improvement in some aspects of speaking skills such as pronunciation, fluency, comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary. It could be concluded that students‟ speaking skills could be improved through Project-Based Learning implementation and it also provided an opportunity for the students to become more creative and engaged in the interaction.�