Efektivitas Kegiatan Ice-Breaker Untuk Meningkatkan Keterampilan Berbicara Siswa Kelas VIII Di MTS An-Nur Buts Palu

The objective of this research is to find out if the Effectiveness of the Ice-Breaker activity can improve students’ speaking skills at MTs An-Nur Buts Palu. This research used a pre-experimental research design. The subject of this research is class VIII, which consists of 21 students, they were selected as a sample of the research. Data were collected through the implementation of pre-test and post- test procedures. The data were analyzed statistically. The results of the data analysis show that the value of t-counted (21.8) was higher than the value of t- table (1.725) by using a significance level of 0.05 with a degree of freedom (df) 20(n-1). It means that the hypothesis is accepted. It means the use of the Ice- Breaker activity can improve the speaking skill of eighth-grade students at MTs An-Nur Buts Palu.

Key words: Improve, Speaking skill, Ice-Breaker Activity.