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  • This study is aimed to measure the effectiveness of Communicative language teaching (CLT) method on speaking skills at the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah Palangka Raya. In this study, the writer used quasi-experimental design, where the writer used nonrandomized control group pre-test, post-test design with a kind of treatment. In this study the writer was helped by the English teacher of SMA Muhammadiyah Palangka Raya as the second rater for pre-test and post-test. There were two groups in this study, control group (XI IPA-3 ) which consisted of 33 students and experiment group (XI IPA-2) which consisted of 31 students. In this experiment, the writer taught the students directly with the same material. Therefore, the use of Communicative language teaching (CLT) method in role play was applied on experiment group only, and for the control group the writer applied conventional method that usually used by the teacher. To examine the hypothesis, the writer used t-test formula. In addition, the writer used SPSS V 22.0 program to compare the data. The result of t test using manual calculation showed that the calculated value of tobserved was greater than the value of ttable at 5% significance level or 2.000 < 2.0312 < 2.660 and lower at 1%. the value of Tobserved was greater than the value of Ttable at 5% but lower at 1% significance level or 2.000 < 2.0312 < 2.660. The result of t-test using SPSS V 20.0 calculation found the calculated value (tobserved) was greater than Ttable at 5% but lower at 1% significance level or 2.000 < 2.059 < 2.660. This indicated that the alternative hypothesis stating that there was significant effect of using Communicative language teaching (CLT) method toward students’ speaking skill at eleventh grade students in SMA Muhammadiyah Palangka Raya was accepted and Ho stating that there is no significant effect of using Communicative language teaching (CLT) method toward students’ speaking skill at eleventh grade students in SMA Muhammadiyah Palangka Raya was rejected. It meant that Communicative language teaching (CLT) gave significant effect to the students’ speaking skill. Based on the results finding of the study, it was shown that the Role Play as one of Communicative language teaching (CLT) method that has been chosen by the writer, gives beneficial contribution in increasing the students’ speaking achievement and students’ speaking performance during the instructional process. Role Play implemented in this study consisted of some steps. Those were; 1) deciding on the school syllabus and material, 2) organizing the group of the students, 3) providing the situation to be role played, 4) teaching the example dialogue for role play, 5) guiding the students to pronounce the expression used correctly and explaining the purpose, 6) having the students practiced the role play, 7) having the students modified the situation, and 8) having the students performed the dialogue in front of the class.