This pre-experimental study is aimed at finding out if there is a significant effect of role play technique on the speaking ability of the third year students of SMPN 14 Pekanbaru. The design of the study is one group pre-test-treatment-posttest design. There are 8 classes in the third year. As many as 37 students of class IX 3 in the first semester of academic year 2018/2019 are chosen as the …