The Use of Communicative Approach to Improve the Students Speaking Fluency and Accuracy

This research was aimed to know the results of using the communicative approach to improve the students speaking fluency and accuracy. The writer conducted a research at Madrasah Aliyah Ruhul Islam Anak Bangsa, Aceh Besar. The sample of the research was class X-4 (as an experimental class) and class X-5 (as a control class), the number of them was 20 students for each group. The writer conducted experimental teaching and tests through role-play and task-based to collect the data. After collecting the data, the writer analyzed the data. Based on the result of data analysis, the students of the experimental class achieved the improvement (from 73,6 to 89,05) while the control class result only showed a slightly improvement (from 65,6 to 79,6). It could be concluded that using the communicative approach as a teaching method through role-play and task-based in the classroom activity successfully improved the students speaking ability. So, the teacher of the school may use this teaching method in improving the students’ speaking skills especially in speaking fluency and accuracy.