This study was aimed to find out: (1) whether there is a significant difference in speaking skill between students taught using Think-Pair-Share and those taught using Direct Instruction Method; and (2) whether Think-Pair-Share is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach speaking. The research method used in this research is an experimental research design. This research was conducted at Senior High School 4 Surakarta in 2017/2018 Academic Year. The population of the research is the 11th grade of Social Class of Senior High School 4 Surakarta. The samples are class XI IPS 4 as the experimental class which consists of 30 students and class XI IPS 3 as the control class which consists of 30 students. The research instrument used to collect the data in this study is test. The data were analysed by using t-test formula. The computation of the t-test shows that t observation (to) = 3.117 is higher than t table (58, 0.05) = 2.001. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in speaking skill between the students taught using Think-Pair-Share and those taught using Direct Instruction Method. The mean score of experimental group is 76.6, while the mean score of control group is 72.1. Therefore, it can be concluded that Think-Pair-Share is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach speaking.

Key words: Think-Pair-Share, Direct Instruction Method, Speaking Skill