Abstrak
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Cake application on the speaking skill of eighth grade students at SMP Muhammadiyah Boarding School Tarakan. This study employed a pre-experimental design with one class pre-test and post-test with four meetings involving 18 students. The assessment of speaking skill was focused on 5 aspects; grammar, vocabulary, fluency, pronunciation, and comprehension. The descriptive text used for evaluating students’ speaking skill which focused on the theme of Independence Day. The result of statistical analysis through paired sample t-test showed significance value of p = 0.000 (p 0.05), which indicated that the use of the Cake application had a positive effect on students’ speaking skill and it was an effective and interesting learning tool to improve spoken English skill.