Speaking skill is one of the basic language skills that has important role for oral
communication. This study attempts to find out whether the implementation of Problem
Based Learning (PBL) could enhance the students' speaking skill at Darul Ulum Islamic
Boarding, Banda Aceh. The population of this study was the students from the second grade
of students at Senior High School Darul Ulum Islamic Boarding, Banda Aceh. The sample of
this study was the students in class II-IPA I as experimental group and class II-IPA II as …

Senior high school students are expected to have a good speaking skill, meanwhile their
ability to speak English is very low especially in term of fluency. Therefore, teachers need an
alternative method to teach speaking skill that is called Problem based Learning. The
objective of this study is to know the application of problem based learning as teaching
method in improving students’ speaking ability and students’ achievement in
speaking English. The action research was carried out in some steps. Those steps were pre …