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This study is a collaborative action research investigation to improve the speaking ability of the students at Megalia English course especially class X-B. Opportunities to teach English are provided in many different ways and it is based on each teacher who teaches. One of the teaching methods is Communicative Language Teaching that would provide more opportunities for children to develop their speaking skill in English because the classroom procedure in CLT gives students more activity in class. The subject of this research was taken from class X-B of second level students at Megalia English Course. This class consisted of 15 students. The researcher concluded this research during Febuary-March 2015. The improvement of students’ speaking ability could happen by using the Communicative Language Teaching type of activities as follow: (a) Presentation of a brief dialog or several mini dialogs, roles setting topic and the informality or formality of the language with the function and the situation demand. (b) Questions and answers based on the dialog. (c) Questions and answers related to students personal experience but centered on the dialog theme. (d) Individual work. (e) Pair works. (f) Evaluation of learning. (g) Sampling of the written homework assignment. (h) Games related to the topic. (i) Oral pratice. Based on the conclusion, it is recommended that: (1) The English teachers have to be sure that the method of teaching is effective to improve the students’ skill or not. Communicative Language teaching method is recommended to apply to increase the students speaking ability. (2) A well-prepared planning is also important to the teacher before teaching so the class will be running well without wasting time to the unimportant things. (3) The English teachers have to be able to make a creative class so the students will not be bored in the class. Keywords: Communicative Language Teaching, Speaking Ability, Second Level Students of Megalia English Course.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING OF THE SECOND LEVEL STUDENTS AT ‘MEC’ MEGALIA ENGLISH COURSE.