Exploring Role Play Activities In Improving Students’ Speaking Ability

This study aimed to measure whether students' speaking ability improves by using role play and to determine students' perceptions of role-play in improving speaking ability. The sample of this research is class X SMAS Babul Maghfirah for the 2021/2022 academic year. The quasi-experimental research used in this study was divided into two groups, the experimental and the control group. Each group consists of 30 students, for a total of 60 students. In collecting data, I used an oral pre-test and post-test. The experimental group used Role Play in learning activities, while the control group used discussions and lecturing. Based on these tests, the average pre-test experimental group score was 55.13, and the post-test experimental group average score was 89.9.Meanwhile, the average score of the pre-test control group was 52.5, and the average post-test control group score was 62.03. Thus, the results of the T-test in this study were 31.26 and T table of 2.00 at a significant level of 0.05 with df = n – 1 = 60 – 1. The alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted, and the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. Besides that, according to the questionnaire results, students agreed that the role-play was effective in applying teaching-learning activities and helping to motivate students to learn English. And students agree that role-play can improve students' speaking ability.