Muhammad Andreansyah NOERCOLIES Pengarang Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Dini Irawati, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd. Penguji 1 Rostanti Toba, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji Dini Irawati, M.Pd. Penguji 2

Muhammad Andreansayah Noercolies, Improving Speaking Ability Through Riddle Game for XI (2) Sains of Ma Sabilarrasyad Samarinda Academic Year 2023/2024 – Under Graduated Thesis. Supervisor; (1) Dr. Umar Fauzan, M.Pd. (2) Dini Irawati, M.Pd. Speaking is one of the important skills in English, in teaching speaking to improve the ability of students must find interesting learning method to improve student interest in learning and make it easier to understand the material that has been given. The research objective was to identify the improvement of students speaking ability in class XI (2) Sains at MA Sabilarrasyad Samarinda in the 2023/2024 academic year. This research used classroom action research that was conducted in two cycles, each cycle carried out three meetings, namely two meetings for learning activities and 1 meeting for the test, each cycle contains four steps: planning, acting, observing and reflecting. Data were collected by quantitative research, through observation and test to describe the progress of the action. The average score and percentage of the class were used as a representative central tendency for the improvement of the students’ speaking ability. The research found that from the score of the student record obtained, it was known that only 2 students only managed to get a minimum score of 75 and 21 other students got a score below the minimum score. Student learning outcomes improved from the first cycle with an average score of 63 and reached the learning target in cycle 2 with an average score of 76 with a student percentage of 78%. Based on the results of this study, it was able to be concluded that the improvement through Riddle Game was able to improve the interest and learning outcomes of class XI (2) Sains at the MA Sabilarrasyad Samarinda in the 2023/2024 academic year.