eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2018-08-09 6 8 1098 1101 10.12691/education-6-8-6 EDUCATION2018686 article Ramandha Putra ramaizma1815@gmail.com 1 Z Zulela 1 Totok Bintoro 1 Adi Apriadi Adiansha 1 Department of Primary Education, State University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia The purpose of this study is to improve speaking skills through a communicative approach to students of grade V SD Kitri Bakti District North Cikarang Bekasi District. The research method used action research with model Kurt Lewin. The data source used is the students of grade V SD Kitri Bakti Sub District North Cikarang Bekasi District. The result of the research shows that the pre-cycle of students' speaking skill is the average score of 65.33 with the success rate of 40% so it is still relatively low, the cycle I speaking skill average score obtained by students 69.27 with the success rate of 76.67% with the criterion is still low, then cycle II speaking skills average score of 79.67 with level of success 86.67% with criteria have reached target in this research. This suggests that a communicative approach to improving speech skills in primary schools. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/6/8/6/education-6-8-6.pdf speaking skills communicative