Abstract name : cut misria student number : 1406102020050 study program : english education title : the impact of using think pair share technique on the students’ speaking skill (an experimental study of the second grade students at sma negeri 1 simpang ulim) keywords: speaking, think pair share technique this study aims to find out whether the use of think pair share technique can improve students’ speaking skill. this research was conducted at the second grade students of sma negeri 1 simpang ulim. the method of this study was quantitative research (experimental study) with one group pre-test and post test design. the sample of this research was one class at xi mipa 1 which consists of 20 students. the researcher used an oral test about giving opinion (analytical exposition text) as an instrument in collecting the data. in analyzing the data, the researcher used statistical formula. the calculation result showed that the mean score of students