The purpose of this research was to find out the effectiveness of the role play technique in improving the medical students’ speaking skills. This research employed a quasi experimental research taking the posttest design with two groups. Subjects of this research were the medical students in 2019/2020 year on one private university in West Sumatera. The data were collected through speaking test and measured by using t-test. The result of this research showed that the role play technique had effect in medical students’ speaking ability. It can be seen from the result of t-test (3.68) which had higher than t-table (2.86). Thus, it can be concluded that the role play technique was effective to enhance the medical students’ speaking ability in one of medical universities in West Sumatera.Keywords: Effectiveness, Role Play, Speaking Skills
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