Eva Artika. 2022. Using the Effectiveness of Guessing Game to Improve Students‟ Speaking Competence in MTs Al-Falah Lemahabang (supervised by Hafirah Patang and Paldy).

This research aims to find out the effectiveness of guessing game to improve students speaking competence in MTs Al-Falah Lemahabang. This research was conducted at MTs Al-Falah Lemahabang. It was pre-experimental research with pre-test, treatment, and post-test design. The total number of population was 40 students from VIII B class in MTs Al-Falah Lemahabang. This research used random sampling technique where the researcher took 15 students as the research sample. In this research the writer used observation, voice recorder, and speaking test as the research instruments. The result of research shows that guessing game method is an effective method to improve students‟ speaking competence in English. It can be seen from the students‟ score in pre test, where the mean values in pre-test was 48.2 and the post-test was 78.4. It can also be seen by comparing the results of the t-test where t value smaller than the significant level (α) (0.000<0.05). Thus, of rejected and is accepted. Based on the results of the study, the researcher concluded that the use of guessing game method can improve the students‟ speaking competence.