The purpose of this research is to find the influence of Drama technique
on students' self-esteem and speaking ability at SMK Muhammadiyah 3
Pekanbaru and to find out whether the use of Drama Techniques has a
significant impact on self-esteem and their speaking skills at SMK
Muhammadiyah 3 Pekanbaru. This study is quasi-experimental in
which pre-test and post-test were used. The sample of this research is
the first-grade students at SMK Muhammadiyah Pekanbaru, where
students are divided into two groups namely class X TKJ 2 (Computer
Network Engineering,) as the experimental group and X TKJ 1
(Computer Network Engineering) as a supervision group which consists
of 70 students. Data were collected using students’ sound recordings
and self-esteem questionnaires. Drama Techniques are used in this
research as an action (treatment). The results of this study show that. 1.
There is a significant influence on the implementation of Drama
Technique on students' self-esteem for the experimental group. The
result of the t-test is 0.131 and the df is 56, by comparing the number of
cycles. If the probability > 0.05, hypothesis 0 (H0) is rejected if
probability < 0.05 the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Because
the significance of 0.000 <0.05, Ha is accepted while H0 is rejected. 2.
There is a significant influence on the implementation of Drama
technique on students' speaking ability for the experimental group. The
t-test result is 4.259, the definition is 56, by comparing the number of
cycles. Since the number of cycles is 0.000 < 0.05, Ha is accepted while
Ho is rejected.
Keywords: drama technique, self-esteem, speaking abilit