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RIZKI FAMILIAN. 0901065252 . The Effectiveness of Think Pair and Share Technique in Teaching Speakingl on Eighth Grade Students at SMPN 264 West Jakarta in the First Semester of the 2014-2015 Academic Year. A paper, Jakarta.The Departement of English Language Teaching Programme, The school of Teacher Training and Education, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr Hamka, The aim of the research is to find out whether the use of Think pair and share method is effective towards speaking skill to the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 264 Jakarta, in the first semester in 2014-2015 Academic Year. The writer employed an experimental method in this research. This paper is using pre-experimental method. The population of this research is the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 264 Jakarta. The sample were taken from one class of the eighth grade. The writer took 30 students as a subject samples. The data that writer got from the research were using the t-test formula. The finding of the research shows that Think pair and share method in teaching speaking gives the effectiveness in students‟ speaking skill. The result is t table = 1.70 and t observed = 5.52. Because t-observed > t table, it means there is Think pair and share technique is effective in teaching speaking. The findings of this research are expected to be useful for the students to help them in improving their speaking skill and inspiring for the teacher and all the people especially who concerned in English education. Moreover, this research gives any valuable information for teacher about the model of Think pair and share method and how to apply it in the speaking teaching activity in order to create a better and more effective teaching and learning process.