Improving Students’ Speaking Skill Through Task Based Language Teaching ( TBLT ) at The Eleventh Grade of Diniyah Puteri Islamic Senior High School Pekanbaru

Most of the students in the researcher class had low ability in speaking skill, therefore this research was designed to improve students’ speaking skill by using Task Based Language Teaching. This research was conducted to find out the factors that influence the improvement of students’ speaking skill during the use of Task Based Language Teaching and to what extend can Task Based Language Teaching Improve students’ speaking skill. This research was carried out in the design of classroom action research, it involved planning, action, observation, and reflection, in two cycles. In every cycle, a collaborator helped the researcher to collect qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected by using observation sheets for the researcher and the students, field notes and interview. Then the quantitative data were collected by giving students speaking test. The quantitative data were used to find out improvement of each indicator of speaking skill in each cycle. The qualitative data were analyzed through data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. The qualitative data showed what factors that influence the improvement of students’ speaking skill. The research was conducted for two cycles. The average score before conducting Task Based Language Teaching was 44.8. The students’ average score increased in cycle I was 55.4, and cycle II was 64. The finding showed improvement in all indicators of speaking skill increased from cycle to cycle. Besides, the factors that play important role in improving the students’ speaking skill through Task Based Language Teaching are media, teaching material, and classroom activities have major influence in the improvement of students’ speaking skill.