This study was conducted to improve the sudents speaking skills of SMAN 1 Plosoklaten. The researcher discovers an appropiate way to improve the speaking skill using board games. Based on the preliminary of the study, the researcher found that most of the students feel shy and afraid to speak English. The design of this study was classroom Action Reasearch (CAR) which the researcher conducted within 7 weeks stated at Monday, 3th April 2017 up to Wednesday 26th April 2017. Based on Taggart and Kemmis, after preliminary the researcher study continued by planning, implementing of action, observation and reflecting. The subject of the study was the eleventh grade SMA N 1 Plosoklaten, academic year 2016-2017. There are 34 students. To collect data the researchers use some instruments, those are speaking test checklist and observation checklist. The finding of this study was the use of speaking board games to teach speaking improved the students’ speaking skill at SMA N 1 Plosoklaten. The improvement was supported by the students’ average score which increased from the average of preliminary test was 60,7 (26,4 %) become 65,7 (50 %) in cycle 1. In the cycle 2 the average score also increased become 75,5 (82,35 %). The criteria of success in this research is when at least 75 % students got the minimum standard of the value. So this study was successful because the results show that there was improvement of the students’ speaking skill in some aspects, such as pronunciation, vocabulary, accuracy and fluency. By implementing the speaking board games the students became more confident to speak English. It also made the students participated more in the speaking activities and got more chances to speak. They could make conversations using the expressions they learnt during the implementation in joyful way.

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