The objective of this research is to know whether there is a significant improvement of the students’ speaking ability after being taught through Role Play.The population of this research was the Second year students of SMA Negeri 1 Tanjungbintang. One group pre-test and post-test design was used.The mean score of pre-test was 57.13 and post-test was 82.  It proved that the students’ scores increase significantly because p0.05 (p=0.000). It can be concluded that there is a significant difference of students’ achievement in speaking ability after being taught through Role Play technique. Keywords: improving, speaking ability, role play.
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
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