Techniques Used by the English Teachers in Teaching Speaking at SMAN 3 Padang

摘要

Techniques are a way to assist students to explore and increase their ability, so that the teachers are suggested to use the techniques to reach the goals and objectives of teaching. Thus, in teaching English, speaking is one of four skills that have to be taught. This study aimed to describe what is the technique mostly used by English teachers in teaching speaking at SMAN 3 Padang. This research used descriptive qualitative method. There were two English teachers who were teaching in eleventh-grade students as the sample of this research, those have been selected by using purposive sampling technique. The instrument of this research was observation. Techniques for analysis the data were collecting the data, data reduction, display the data and conclusion drawing/classification. There were some techniques that mostly used by two English teachers in teaching speaking namely: role-play, brainstorming and picture describing. It can be conclude that, those techniques can increase the students' ability in speaking skill.