AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT GRADE X OF SMA PERSADA BANDAR LAMPUNG

Novia Arnanda, Harpain Harpain

Abstract


The objectives of this research were to know what is the most difficult aspect that the students encounter in speaking, and to see what are the causes in students’ difficulties that face the students while they are speaking English.In this research, I used the descriptive qualitative method. The kind of method was used the feel the experience the real world, and also to know people’s points of view of a certain phenomena. It was also used to obtain the truthful, presice, and well-organized explanation about students’ dificulties in speaking English. This reserach was done at grade X.1 of SMA Persada Bandar Lampung that consisted of 22 students. To gather the data, I did observation, gave questionnaire, and interview. The data was analyzed by combining the results of observation, questionnaire, and interview in some table, graphic, and also pharagraph.The results of this research showed that there ase some difficulties that the students faced when spoke English in the class, from the questionnaire result also showed mostly positif and negatif feedbacks that were so hard for them to speak English. The combination of those three instruments is able to be the way to know what are the students’ problems that were so hard for them to speak English.

Keywords


Speaking; Student Dificulties; Improving Speaking

Full Text:

PDF

References


Al-Sibai,D.(2004). Promoting oral fluency of second language learners: Educational linguistics.Department of English. King Saud University.

Brown, H. D. (2001). Language Assessment Principle and Classroom Practice. New York: Longman.

Chaney, A.L., and Burk T.L. (1998). Teaching Oral Communication in Grades K-8. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

SC, M. A., & Sidabalok, D. M. (2016, May). Designing Instructional Materials For Blended Learning By Using Schoology For Speaking Class Of English Education Study Program Of Teacher Training And Education Faculty Of Bandar Lampung University. In International Conference on Education and Language (ICEL) (p. 34).

Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. (2006). Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP). Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.

Haozhang, X. (1997). Tape recorders, role-plays, and turn-taking in large EFL listening and speaking classes. China, 35(3),33.

Harmer, J. (2003). The Practice of English Language Teaching. Malaysia: Longman.

Linh Chi, Doan (2011). Guidance for Learners' Improvement of Speaking Skills. Language Education in Asia, Vol.2, Issue.2, 2011.

Rabab’ah,G. (2005). Communication problems facing Arab learners of English. Journal of Language and Learning, 3(1),ISSN 1740- 4983.

Scrivener, J. (1994). Learning teaching. Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Limited.

Tarigan, H. G. (1990). Prinsip-prinsip Dasar Metode Pembelajaran dan Pembelajaran Bahasa. Bandung: Angkasa.

Ur, P. (1996). A Course in language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Yahya, M. (2013). Measuring Speaking Anxiety Among Speech Communication Course Students at the Arab American Univrsity of Jenin (AAUJ). European Social Sciences Research Journal, 1(3), 229-248.

Zhang, S. (2009). The Role of Input, Interaction, and Output in the Development of Oral Fluency. English Language Teaching, 2(4),91-100.http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/elt.v2n4p91


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.