Proceedings of the 3rd INACELT (International Conference on English Language Teaching) ISSN: 2656-4432 (online) Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Palangka Raya Indonesia, 14-16 November 2019 http://e-proceedings.iain-palangkaraya.ac.id/index.php/inacelt Copyright © 2019 by INACELT 30 Gender differences and students’ verbal communication Almuzakir almu.zakir0311@gmail.com Zaitun Qamariah zaitunqamariah@gmail.com IAIN Palangka Raya Abstract The study was aimed at explaining the way male and female students’ differ in Verbal Communication. This study used quantitative comparative approach with Ex-post Facto design in finding out the answer of problem of the study. The population of this study consist of the third semester student at IAIN Palangka Raya with 30 students determined as sample by using random sampling technique. In collecting the data needed, speaking test was used as the instrument. The result shows that there is significant difference between male and female students in Verbal Communication of the third semester student at IAIN Palanga Raya. It happens because the students’ psycholinguistic factors especially in motivation and interest in learning English. Keywords: comparative study, verbal communication, male and female students, gender INTRODUCTION English is a compulsory subject in Indonesia which had been taught formally to Indonesian students since they are in elementary school. The English subject consists of four skills including speaking, writing, listening and reading. Speaking skill has become the first priority to be taught over other skills since communicative approach implementation has been influential in foreign language learning. One of the main aims of most English teachers are to make their students able to communicate and most of English teachers have the same aims when they taught English. Kathleen (1994:4) states that one of the main aims is to make their students able to communicate and convey information effectively in spoken English. Besides, the teacher should create active learning condition and develop their techniques they also should pay attention to the factor of gender differences of their students. According to Arnold (2002:139), The factor of gender differences cannot be ignored in learning language, because it can affect students’ achievement and proficiency in learning. It is clear that the students may be grouped into two different genders, male and female. Based on Kaufman, Beth and Alan (2004:158) According to national assessment for educational progress in 2001, female did better in reading test and