PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIDATO SISWA MADRASAH ALIYAH Oleh: Haryadi Abstract The objective of the research is to find out there is a correlation between lecture listening intensity, textbook comprehension, organization participation, and public speaking. The research was conducted at Yogyakarta Islamic religion high school. The size of sample was 100 selected by random sampling. Data was collected by questioner and test. Data was analyzed by correlation statistict. The research reveals that there are positive correlations between lecture listening intensity and public speaking, textbook comprehension with public speaking, organization participation and public speaking, and furhermore, there is positive correlation between those three independent variables and public speaking. Based on the findings above, there strong evidence to suggest that lecture listening intensity, textbook comprehension, organization participation can improve public speaking. Key word: public speaking