Vol. 6 – No. 1, year (2022), page 546-555 | ISSN 2548-8201 (Print) | 2580-0469) (Online) | Copyright © 2022 Edumaspul - Jurnal Pendidikan (ISSN 2548-8201 (cetak); (ISSN 2580-0469 (online) Exploring Students’ Experiences of Story Telling Technique in English Speaking Learning in Junior High School Sheila Nirmala Rahmadhania 1 , Andrie Chaerul 2 , Yousef Bani Ahmad 3 * 1,2,3 English Education Department, Universitas Singaperbangsa Karawang, Indonesia * E-mail: 1 sheila.nirmala17157@student.unsika.ac.id 2 andrie.chaerul@fkip.unsika.ac.id 3 yousef.baniahmad@fkip.unsika.ac.id Receive: 05/08/2021 Accepted: 21/12/2021 Published: 01/03/2022 Abstract Story telling is one of the learning technique to encourage student learning in developing skills and knowledge of English speaking. Many researchers said that story telling is important in the field of education along with the times as a main characteristic in the quality of teaching and learning more active and creative, especially in English speaking learning. This descriptive case study focused on story telling as learning technique on Junior High School students to find out their experiences in English speaking and also to find out the benefits and challenges that students faced when using story telling technique in learning English speaking. The research was conducted at one of junior high school in West Cikarang and took five students from eighth-grade as the participants. The data were collected from interview, observation, and documentation. This research used thematic analysis by Braun and Clark (2006), which included several steps. This research present the results of students’ experiences in story telling technique as learning to speak English can provided new vocabulary, how to pronounced it correctly, and trained students’ English speaking skills. Thus, story telling technique is a learning technique on students exercise has a positive impact on helping develop the quality of students speaking in a second language. Keywords: English speaking, story telling technique, students’ experiences Abstrak Story telling merupakan salah satu teknik pembelajaran untuk mendorong pembelajaran siswa dalam mengembangkan keterampilan dan pengetahuan berbicara bahasa Inggris. Banyak peneliti mengatakan bahwa story telling itu penting dalam bidang pendidikan seiring dengan perkembangan zaman sebagai ciri utama dalam kualitas belajar mengajar yang lebih aktif dan kreatif, khususnya dalam pembelajaran berbicara bahasa Inggris. Studi kasus deskriptif ini berfokus pada story telling sebagai teknik pembelajaran pada siswa SMP untuk mengetahui pengalaman mereka dalam berbicara bahasa Inggris serta untuk mengetahui manfaat dan tantangan yang dihadapi siswa ketika menggunakan teknik story telling dalam pembelajaran berbicara bahasa Inggris. Penelitian dilakukan di salah satu SMP di Cikarang Barat dan mengambil lima siswa dari kelas delapan sebagai partisipan. Data dikumpulkan dari wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan analisis tematik oleh Braun dan Clark (2006) yang meliputi beberapa langkah. Penelitian ini menyajikan hasil pengalaman siswa terhadap penerapan teknik story telling dalam pembelajaran berbicara bahasa Inggris dapat memberikan kosakata baru, cara pelafalan dengan benar, serta melatih keterampilan berbicara bahasa Inggris siswa. Dengan demikian, teknik story telling yang merupakan teknik pembelajaran pada latihan siswa berdampak positif dalam membantu mengembangkan kualitas berbicara siswa dalam bahasa kedua. Kata Kunci: Berbicara bahasa Inggris, pengalaman siswa, teknik story telling INTRODUCTION Currently, English has evolved into a global language and the primary form of communication for the global community. The process of verbally conveying or sharing ideas and feelings is known as speaking. Therefore, if the students do not learn to speak the language or are not given the chance to do so, they may become discouraged and lose interest in learning. Furthermore, the students who have not achieved significant speaking abilities will struggle to communicate with their English peers. To communicate in English, the students must be able to use some speaking skills based on the junior high school syllabus and express meaning in a very simple functional oral text and short monologue in descriptive and procedural ways.