Abstrak
Community Language Learning is a method where the teacher becomes a counsellor in the classroom, so that the relationship between teacher and students is more towards the practice of English in the classroom. The purpose of this study is to improve students' English-speaking skills by using the Community Language Learning method in the eighth grade of SMP N 10 Tarakan and to describe students' responses related to the use of the method. This study used Classroom Action Research design consisting of two cycles and each cycle had four meetings, and involved 25 students of class VIII - 4. The research data were obtained from observation data, interviews and students' speaking test results. The data were analyzed qualitatively by using descriptive statistics and qualitatively by thematic analysis. The results showed that in the first cycle students who scored above the KKM were 44% of the total students and for the second cycle it increased by 84% of the total number of students. The challenges in using the community language learning method are: teacher and student readiness, teaching media and evaluation of students' speaking ability due to limited time allocation conditions. Keywords: Speaking Skill