ANITA OLIVIA Pengarang Dewi Syafitri, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 1 Dr. Hamdan, M.Pd. Dosen Pembimbing 2 Dewi Syafitri, M.Pd. Ketua Penguji Dr. Ani Fiani, S.S., M.Pd. Penguji 2 Ayu Oktaviani, M.Pd. Penguji 1 ANITA OLIVIA Contributor

This research aimed to prove significantly effective or not to use short story in teaching speaking skill. This research used a pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test. The population was all of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Muara Beliti with consist that 131 students. The sampling technique used cluster random sampling with method of lottery and the sample selected was XI IPA 2 class with consist 27 students. The data for this research were collected by used oral test. Technique for collecting the data was the researcher classifying individual score students and data collection. The researcher found that using Short Story to teach speaking skill to the eleventh grade students at senior high scholl 1 muara beliti was effective. It could be proved by the significant difference between the mean score in the pre-test and post-test. The mean score of the students in the pre-test was 4.60 and in the post-test was 7.30. the t-obtained was 17.66, it was higher than 2.056 as the critical value in t-table. Therefore, it was clearly stated that the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. Finally, there was significantly effective to teach speaking skill to the eleventh grade students at senior higt school 1 Muara Beliti in the academic year of 2023/2024. Key words: Narrative Text, Short Story, Speaking Skill, Teaching Students’.