Abstract:
Speaking is one of the language productive skills learned by students for communication. The
students must be able to speak well, in order to pass ideas to listeners affectively so they can
communicate well. But some problems appear in learning speaking, particularly in speaking
English. In this research, the writer wants to know the student’s speaking ability of the second
year students of MTS Darul Hikmah Pekanbaru in retelling their favorite holiday in recount text.
It was conducted from March 18, 2013 to April 8, 2013. The participants were the second year
students of Mts Darul Hikmah Pekanbaru, particularly class VIII A2 and the number of the
students was 38. It is a descriptive research. The writer gives the instruments for the students in
collecting data. The data will be scored by three raters for each student, and the scores of the
three raters will be totaled and then divide by three, so that the writer know the student’s
speaking ability.
