Abstract :
ABSTRACT
This research objectiveis to know the effectiveness of acting play scripts
technique in tecahing speaking at the eleventh grade of Marasah Aliyah Negeri
Insan Cendekia Lombok Timur in the academic year 2018-2019. This research
was a pre experiment by using single group pre test and post test design. The
population of the study wasall theeleventh grade .The sample of the study was
17 students from social science A class. It was taken through purposive random
sampling. A speaking test was the instrument used in collecting the data. The
data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic and paired sample t-test to test
the hypothesis. It was performed using SPSS 22 for Windows. The result shows
that the mean in the pre test was42.93and 60.00in thepost- test. Additionally, the
hypothesis testing using paired sample t-test resulted significance (2-tailed)
value level .000; it was lower than .05. It means that Acting play scripts
technique was significantly effective in teaching speaking. This is suggested that
teachers teach speaking usingacting play scripts technique.It is suitable as an
alternative technique in teaching and learning process.
Keywords: acting play scripts, speaking,perfomences