1 PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN BERBICARA BAHASA INGGRIS PADA MATA KULIAH SPEAKING 3 MELALUI TEKNIK INFORMATION GAP TASK PADA MAHASISWA SEMESTER 3 ABA DIAN CIPTA CENDIKIA BANDAR LAMPUNG Oleh : Juni Hartiwi, Herpratiwi, Sudirman. FKIP Unila, Jl. Prof. Dr. Soemantri Brojonegoro No. 1 Bandar Lampung Email : Strawberry7737@yahoo.co.id 085228836390 Abstract : The improvement of speaking skill using information gap task in speaking 3 subject towards students of foreign language academy of dian cipta cendikia, bandar lampung. The aims of this research are to analyze (1) the lesson plan of teaching speaking through information gap tasks, (2) the implementation of teaching speaking through information gap tasks, (3) the evaluation system of teaching speaking through information gap tasks, (4) the increase of students‟ speaking using information gap tasks.This is a classroom action research which lasted in 3 cycles. The subject of research was ABA students, class D3BI1 consisting of 30 students 2011/2012 academic year. The data was collected by test, observation note and documentation. The data was analyzed into qualitative descriptive. The result of the research shows that; (1) the lesson plan was designed by using information gap technic with the procedure as follows; the 1st cycle every pair group work was asked to decribe and to tell about the picture, then they had an interview about the information. The 2nd cycle, students were asked to make small group work of 4-5 students, then by the representative, they chose one series picture, and they told the members about the picture, finally they told about their own activity. The 3rd cycle they were asked to have a pair group work and had a role play to perform the dialogue . The score for 1st cycle was 3.2, for 2nd was 3.7 and 3rd was 4. (2) The activity of the students increased every cycle for the indicators of activity, attention, cooperation, and responsibility. (3) Evaluation system of speaking skill test obtained good validity and good reliability. (4) Students‟ speaking skill of the 1 st cycle was 20%, the 2 nd was 50 % and the 3 rd was 86 %. It means the students‟ speaking skill increased. Key Words : speaking skill, information gap task Abstrak : Peningkatan keterampilan berbicara bahasa inggris pada mata kuliah speaking 3 melalui teknik information gap task pada mahasiswa semester 3 ABA Dian Cipta Cendikia Bandar Lampung Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis (1) desain perencanaan pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara Bahasa Inggris melalui teknik information gap tasks (2) proses pelaksanaan pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara Bahasa Inggis melalui teknik information gap tasks, (3) hasil pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara Bahasa Inggris melalui teknik information gap tasks, (4) evaluasi pembelajaran keterampilan berbicara Bahasa Inggris melalui teknik information gap tasks. Jenis penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK) dengan 3 siklus. Data dikumpulkan melalui tes (tes keterampilan berbicara) dan non tes (observasi, dokumentasi), dan data dianalisis secara deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: (1) Perencanaan pembelajaran didesain menggunakan teknik information gap tasks dengan sintaks sebagai berikut; mahasiswa membentuk kelompok berpasangan kemudian mahasiswa diminta untuk