IMPROVING STUDENTS' SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL DRAMA METHOD AT SMA LPP UMI MAKASSAR

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out whether using Educational Drama method can improve the students’ speaking ability at the first grade of SMA LPP UMI Makassar. This research uses pre-experimental method. The population of this research is the first-grade students of SMA LPP UMI Makassar in 2021/2022 academic year. The sample was class X that consists of 15 students and used the total sampling technique. The instruments of this research were speaking test and audio recorder. The results showed that there was a significant difference of students’ mean score in pre-test and post-test, where the mean score in post-test was higher than pre-test (77.33 > 24.7) and the T-test value is greater than the T-table value (12 > 2.144). Based on the result of the data analysis, it can be concluded that the use of Educational Drama method can improve students’ speaking ability.