This research is entitled “The Implementation of Guide Conversation Method
in Teaching Self-Introduction in Improving Students’ Speaking Skills”. The
guide conversation is expected to increase students’ confidence and enable students
to speak in public with others with fun learning process. The researcher conducts
this research to know how the procedure of implementation of guide conversation
method in self-introduction learning, to know what the teaching equipment used to
implement the guide conversation method in self-introduction learning, to know
how the result of the implementation of guide conversation method in self�introduction learning, and to know what the students’ responses towards the
implementation of guide conversation method in improving students’ speaking
skills. The population in this research is the 10th grade students of Pasundan 2 Senior
High School Bandung, and the sample of this research is 10th grade IPS 2. This
research through several steps, carried outby referring to the lesson plan. The data
are obtained through qualitative method with the interview, observation and tests
in the classroom during learning process. This research uses the oral test concerning
to four aspects speaking skills such as pronunciation, fluency, accuracy, and
vocabulary. The scoring aspect based on Brown’s scale assessment. After the
researcher gets the mean from the pre-test and post-test, then researcher calculates
the mean. Guide conversation method helps students’ speaking skill enhancement
with 57,5%. The responses of the students are good. They can be easy to understand
and more active during learning process. They can speak actively and enjoy, so that
students’ confidence increase.
Keywords: Guide Conversation Method, Self-Introduction, Speaking Skill