Abstract :
This study aimed at examining the effectiveness of content based
instruction method in teaching speaking skills of EFL learners. This research was
a pre-experimental research with pre-test and post-test design. It was conducted at
the eleventh grade of MA Darul Aitam Jerowaru in the school year 2017-2018.
The sample consisted of 27 students selected by cluster random sampling. The
data was collected using a speaking test. In addition to diescriptive statistics the
collected data were submited to a paired sample t-test. The mean score of post-test
(53.62) was higher than that of pre-test (33.48). The result of the paired sample t-
test indicated that there was a significant difference in the mean scores between
pre-test and post-test, t(df=26) = 77.53 at p < .01. Based on the finding, it can be
concluded that content based instruction was an effective method to teach
speaking.
Keywords: Content based instruction (CBI) method, speaking skills