This study aimed to study the effect of drama-based language teaching on students' presentation skills in college. This study used a quasi-experimental method by dividing two groups of participants, namely experimental and control. The samples involved in this study were 100 students from semester 5, divided into 2 groups with the composition of each group of 50 students. The experimental group received a drama-based teaching intervention and was assigned to perform live drama at the end of the semester, while the control group did not. The research results show that drama-based language teaching contributes significantly to students' presentation skills. The improvement in presentation skills is seen in the presentation aspect, namely organization, adaptability, and presentation content. It can be concluded that the intervention of language teaching through drama can improve students' oral language skills or presentation skills. This study implies that in supporting academic activities, students' speaking skills can use drama as an alternative, especially for students who take language studies programs.

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of drama-based language teaching on oral language skills, namely the presentation skills of students in college. The research method used is a quasi-experimental method by dividing the participants into two groups. The research participants consisted of 160 students taken from the college level. Participants were divided into two groups with a composition of 80 experimental groups and 80 control groups. The results showed that the presentation skills of the experimental group showed a significant improvement after participating in the drama performance. The improvement in presentation skills occurs in three aspects, namely the structure of the presentation, adaptation to the audience and the quality of the presentation content. So, it can be concluded that this drama-based language teaching can encourage and practice speaking skills in real terms so that it has an impact on students' presentation skills. The implication of this research is that drama can be used as an alternative assignment in order to improve students' presentation skills. Keywords: Oral language skills, presentation skills, language teaching, drama