USING COMMERCIAL TIME GAME TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENT OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT STKIP YPUP MAKASSAR

Abstract

The focus of this research was to observe whether Using Commercial Time game

could improve students’ Speaking skill at the fourth semester students of English

Department at STKIP YPUP Makassar. This study used a pre-experimental design

with one group pre-test and post-test. The sample used in this research was 15

students by using Random sampling technique. The result of the data showed that

there was a significant difference of students’ Speaking skill. It was proved by t-test

value higher than t-table (15.925 >2.145). Based on the result analysis, it can be

concluded that improving Speaking skill by using Commercial Time game can

improves the students’ Speaking skill at the fourth semester students of English

Department at STKIP-YPUP Makassar.

Keywords: Commercial Time game, Speaking skill