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Jimly RafiI Masrul, 2317052. Pengaruh Story Completion terhadap Kemampuan Berbicara Siswa dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada Kelas Dua di SMPN 01 Kecamatan Payakumbuh Tahun Ajaran 2021/2022. Skripsi, Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Universitas Islam Negeri Sjech M.Djamil Djambek Bukittinggi, 2022. This study was conducted to determine whether there is an effect on students' speaking ability when using the story completion technique at SMPN 01 Kecamatan Payakumbuh. This is done because students have low speaking skills. The problem is that teachers use limited techniques to teach students so that students have low learning motivation, and cannot improve their abilities. This study is a quantitative research experimental design. Data collection is done by using a speaking test. There are two tests in this study, the first, pre-test and the second post-test. The population in this study are all second grade students of SMPN 1 Kecamatan Payakumbu. The researcher used purposive sampling to determine the number of samples. The sample in this study amounted to 58 respondents in the 2021/2022 academic year. To analyze the data, the researcher calculated the speaking score. The results showed that the average score on the pretest was 55.8276, while the average score on the posttest was 63.1724 indicating an effect and improvement on students' speaking ability. Students gave a positive response to the story completion technique, this is evidenced by the effect on the use of the story completion technique on speaking skills with a t-count value greater than t-table (2.284 > 2.002). From the findings, it can be concluded that the story completion technique is effective in teaching speaking