Promoting Active Learning Activities To Improve Students’ Speaking Ability

Abstract

This research aimed to know the application of Active Learning Activities in Students’ Speaking Ability. The result of this research can be as a reference to the students in improving their speaking ability and help lecturer to become creative in teaching and make the students engaged in learning English. This research used pre-experimental method. The population of the research was the second semester students of English Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Bosowa Makassar in 2017/2018 academic year which consisted of one class. In conducting the research, the researcher used total sampling technique because there is only one class of the second semester students. The data collection was done by using speaking test (pre-test and posttest). The results of the research and discussion that obtained by the researcher at Universitas Bosowa Makassar that there is improvement of students’ speaking ability through Active Learning Activities. It can be concluded that the Active Learning Activities are effective to improve students’ speaking ability at the Second Semester of English Education Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Universitas Bosowa Makassar.