Abstract : This article is intended to describe the research result on the use of Role-play in improving the VIII C class students’ speaking ability and students’ active participation in teaching learning activity. The research problem was the students’ experienced difficulties in speaking. It is hard for students to express their ideas orally. To solve this problem, the role-play technique was used to improve students’ active participation and their speaking ability achievement. The research design was classroom action research and the primary data were collected by using reading comprehension test and observation. The result of the research showed that the use of role-play could improve the students’ active participation and their reading comprehension achievement. Key Words: role-play, and speaking achievement
