Theresearch conducted was due to the low ability of the second grade
student’s speaking at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Bustanul Ulum Pekanbaru. They are
not able to use English in their daily life activities in school or other places. This
study aims at finding out whether the use of Peer Teaching Method can improve
the student’s ability in speaking.
The time needed for this research was three months from November 2010
to January 2011, in two cycles. The researcher set steps that walked in research of
class action, they are: 1) Planning 2) Action 3) Observation and 4) Reflection.
Cycle I and cycle two are compared to the result of action before using Peer
Teaching Method.
The resultproved that there was increasing gained score from cycle to
cycle.Beside, theyhavemore motivation on trying to use the language in class or
out, even on informal or special topic with their friends. In conclusion, the use of
Peer Teaching Method This situation show that the mastery of speaking ability by
using Peer Teaching Method can be said to be increasing