<![CDATA[The research entitled “An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Ability in Retelling a Story through Picture Series at SMA Ekasakti Padang” aimed analyze of students’ speaking ability and students’ problems in retelling a story through a picture series at SMA Ekasakti Padang. The researcher found some problems in retelling a story, including students’ mispronunciation, limited vocabulary, and lack of self-confidence. The method of this research used a descriptive design. The population consisted of 23 students, and the number of samples was 13 students from the eleventh grade at SMA Ekasakti Padang, selected using purposive sampling. The instrument used in this research was a speaking test consisting of five aspects: pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. The research score in this research was calculated as the average of two scorers, mean scores, and percentage calculations. The findings of the students’ speaking ability in retelling a story through picture series research generally showed that 4 students got an excellent score with a percentage of 30.77%, 5 students got a good score with a percentage of 38.46%, and 4 students got an average score with a percentage of 30.77%, and no students got a low or very low score. Moreover, the scorer found the students’ problems in 5 aspects of speaking; these were pronunciation and comprehension. 5 students (38.46%) were hard to pronounce the word correctly and 5 students (38.47%) lowed to speak in understanding the meaning of story. It is concluded that the students’ speaking ability in retelling a story through a picture series were good category, although some students had problems in pronunciation and comprehension aspects.]]>
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