<![CDATA[Speaking skill is one of the important aspects in Indonesian languagelearning at elementary schools. However, based on observations conducted in thefourth grade of SD Negeri 17 Dauh Puri, students’ speaking skills were stillrelatively low. Students lacked confidence in expressing opinions, were less activeduring the learning process, and experienced difficulties in conveying ideas orally.Therefore, an appropriate learning method is needed to improve students’ speaking skills. This study aimed to determine the effect of the role playing method on the speaking skills of fourth grade students at SD Negeri 17 Dauh Puri.This study employed a quantitative approach with a pre-experimentalresearch type using a one-group pretest-posttest design. The subjects of the studywere all fourth-grade students of SD Negeri 17 Dauh Puri, totaling 28 students.The data collection technique used a speaking skills test through pretests andposttests with assessment indicators including fluency, pronunciation, intonation,vocabulary, and confidence. Data analysis was conducted using the normality testand the Wilcoxon hypothesis test to test the research hypothesis.The results of the study showed that the average speaking skill score ofstudents increased from 60.35 in the pretest to 81.50 in the posttest, with animprovement of 21.15 points. Based on the results of the Paired Sample t-Test, the significance value obtained was (p = < 0.05), which means that the null hypothesis (H₀) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H₁) was accepted. Thus, it can be concluded that the implementation of the Role Playing method had a significant effect on the speaking skills of fourth-grade elementary school students. This method proved effective in improving students’ courage, speaking fluency, ability to express opinions, and self-confidence in the Indonesian language learning process.]]>
