Vol.1 No.2 2016 P-ISSN 2502-4132 E-ISSN 2597-6850 1 USING MOVIES TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE THIRD SEMESTER OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF STKIP PAHLAWAN TUANKU TAMBUSAI Lusi Marleni lusimarlenihz@gmail.com English Study Program, STKIP Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai Riau ABSTRAK Mahasiswa semester III program studi PG-PAUD STKIP Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai memiliki kesulitan berbicara dengan menggunakan Bahasa Inggris. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memperbaiki kemampuan mahasiswa ketika berbicara dalam Bahasa Inggris dan mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perbaikan kemampuan mahasiswa tersebut dalam berbicara dengan menggunakan Bahasa Inggris. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 22 mahasiswa semester III program studi PG-PAUD STKIP Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai. Penelitian tindakan kelas ini telah dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus dengan empat pertemuan dengan prosedur; perencanaan, pelaksanaan, pengamatan dan refleksi.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa menggunakan film dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris dapat memperaiki kemampuan bicara siswa dalam Bahasa Inggris. Peningkatan nilai rata-rata siswa sesuai dengan peningkatan nilai rata-rata indikator speaking skills. Nilai rata-rata siswa sebelum penelitian adalah 60, meningkat 66.3 pada siklus 1, dan 71.4 pada siklus 2. Faktor- faktor yang mempengaruhi peningkatan kemampuan berbicara Bahasa Inggris siswa adalah materi, media, manajemen kelas, pendekatan guru, dan strategi guru didalam kelas. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada perbaikan pada kemampuan siswa dalam berbicara Bahasa Inggris. ABSTRACT The t h i r d s e m e s t e r students o f Early Childhood Education Department of STKIP Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai Riau had problem in speaking E n g l i s h . The purpose of this research is to improve the students speaking skill and also to know the factors influence the students’ speaking skill. The participants of this research are 22 students of the third semester of the Early Childhood Education Department of STKIP Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai Riau. The research is classroom action research which was done in two cycles with four meetings. Each cycle consists of plan, action, observation, and reflection. The result of this study shows that using movies in teaching and learning English can improve the students speaking skill. Based on the data, the mean score of the students speaking skill as well as the increasing of the mean score of speaking skill indicators namely accent, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. The average score was 60 in pre research, 66.3 in cycle I, and 71.4 in cycle II. The factors that influenced the students’ speaking skill are material, media, classroom activity, classroom management, teacher’s approach, and teacher’s strategy. It means, there is improvement on the students’ speaking skill. Keywords: Movies, Speaking skill. INTRODUCTION English is a subject that needs to be acquired by the students in college. It is one of the requirements in the curriculum of college, especially in Early Childhood Education Department. The students in Early Childhood Education Department of STKIP Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai Riau learn English that consists of four skills; listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The students learn English to build their knowledge and use it in communication. One of the language skills that need to be acquired by students of Early Childhood Education Department in learning English is speaking. It plays an important role in learning the language. It helps the students to be creative in using English. They practice it to use some expression and instructions in classroom. Speaking also supports the students to practice English in communication. Speaking enables them to be confident in speaking English. In another word, speaking is very crucial in learning English. Choney in Kayi (2006) says that speaking is the process of building and sharing meanings through the use of verbal and non-verbal symbols in variety context. In addition, Jie (1999) supported that the use of language is more important than knowing the usage of language. It is clear that speaking is one of language skill which is active in using language to share meaning or information in variety context. In speaking process, the speaker and interlocutor emphasize on the meaning what each is saying and what they are talking. It means that every conversation has the purpose to