Improving Students’ Speaking Ability by Using Guessing Game (An Experimental Study to the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Langsa)

Speaking is one of the most important and essential skills that must be practiced to communicate orally. One of the techniques that the teacher can apply in teaching speaking is game. Guessing game is a game in which the object is to guess some kind of information, such as a word, a phrase, a title, or the location of an object. Based on the theory, the researcher conducted a study entitled Improving Students‟ Speaking Ability by Using Guessing Game to the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Langsa. The purpose of this research is to find out the use of guessing game will improve students‟ speaking ability and students‟ perception on the use of guessing game. In this study, the researcher used quantitative and qualitative approaches with experimental design by using True-experimental design. The research conducted in SMAN 1 Langsa. In this study the population is the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Langsa and the researcher took samples class X-MIA-6 as experiment class and X-MIA-5 as control class. In this study, the researcher used test and questionnaire to find the data by evaluating the students‟ speaking ability. Finally, the researcher found the test results where 32 (80%) students from experimental class in post-test, achieved good score. Furthermore, almost all of the students have good perception where 35 (87.5%) students like learning English, 30 (75%) students stated that learning English was not difficult, 35 (87.5%) students liked speaking English, 24 (60%) students liked learning English in a groups, 28 (70%) students paid attention when the teacher explained the lesson, 25 (62.5%) students said that the teachers always used media, such as games in teaching. Moreover, 38 (95%) students said that the use of guessing game in learning was fun, 29 (72.5%) students said that the use of guessing game in learning improved their speaking ability, 31 (77.5%) students did not have the problem when using guessing game in learning, 35 (87.5%) students stated that the use of guessing game in learning English improved their speaking ability. In addition, 38 (95%) students agreed if teachers used guessing game in learning, 38 (95%) students excited when using guessing game in learning, 27 (67.5%) students stated that the use of game needed in learning activities, 37 (92.5%) students stated that English subject was fun, and 32 (80%) students stated that the English study did not boring. It showed that the use of guessing game can improve students' speaking ability.