The Students' Difficulties in Speaking-English Performance at a Public Senior High School in Amurang
Abstract
The ability to speak English fluently and confidently opens up various opportunities, both academically and professionally. However, many students face difficulties in speaking English, which can hinder their overall language development and communication skills. This study aimed to describe students the level for each type of difficulties in speaking English. In addition to that, this study also wanted to describe the factors that had the highest score of difficulties in speaking English. The research design was descriptive quantitative method. The data were analysed by using descriptive analysis to find the mean score. Fifty-five respondents were selected by using simple random sampling. The instrument was 24-items questionnaire adapted from Turkey Ozkan (2020). The findings of this showed that public high school students of Amurang possess difficulties with the score mean of these are as lack of vocabulary (3.70), ungrammatical words (3.52), poor pronunciation (3.57), lack of confidence (3.42), and fear of making mistakes (3.62). Lack of vocabulary, ungrammatical words, poor pronunciation and fear of making mistakes were all interpreted as high difficulties and lack of confidences was interpreted as moderate difficult. The senior high school students of Amurang possess the highest difficult in lack of vocabulary. Thus, incorporating more speaking activities in the classroom and providing opportunities for regular practice can help students overcome their fear of speaking.
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Derakhshan, A., Khalili N. A., & Beheshti, F. (2016). Developing EFL learner’s speaking ability, accuracy and fluency. English Language and Literature Studies, 6 (2), 177-186. 10.5539/ells.v6n2p177.
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Goh, C. M. C. & Burns, A. (2012). Teaching speaking: A holistic approach Cambridge language education. Cambridge University Press.
Haidara, Y. (2016) Psychological factor affecting English speaking performance for the English learners in Indonesia. Universal Journal of Educational Research 4(7). 1502 -1505. 10.13189/ujer.2016.040701. pg1504.
Hervina, H. (2014). Grammatical errors in speaking made by the third-year English department students STKIP Abdi Pendidikan Payakumbuh. AL-TA LIM Journal, 21(3), 206-219. 10.15548/jt.v21i3.106.
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Islamiati, R. (2019). The English environment role in developing students’ English speaking ability [Undergraduate honour thesis, University of Raden Intan Lampung]. Raden Intan Repository. http://repository.radenintan.ac.id/6615/1/A%20THESIS.pdf.
Jaelani, A. & Zabidi, O. W. (2020). Junior high school students’ difficulties of English language learning in the speaking and listening section. Journal of English Language Teaching, 9(1), https://dx.doi.org/10.15294/elt.v9i1.38287.
Joshi, A., Kale, S., Chandel, S. (2015). Likert scale: explored and explained. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 7(4), 396-403. 10.9734/BJAST/2015/14975.
Kamlasi, I. (2019). Describing the students’ grammatical error on spoke English. ELT-Lectura: Studies and Perspectives in English Language Teaching, 6(1), 83-91. https://doi.org/10.31849/elt-lectura.v6i1.2289.
Kholifah, N. (2016). Increasing students’ confidence in speaking English by using extra speaking activities. https://www.academia.edu/35371099/Increasing_Students_Confidence_in _Speaking_English_by_Using_Extra_Speaking_Activities.
Kurniawati, A. (2013). Improving the self-confidence in speaking practice by using role-play technique. [Undergraduate honour thesis, University Yogyakarta]. http://eprints.uny.ac.id/25689/1/Anna%20Kurniawati%2007202244041.pdf
Megawati, F. & Mandarani, V. (2016, August 30). Speaking problems in Englishcommunication [Paper presentation]. English Language Teaching LearningConference, Purworejo, Indonesia. http://eprints.umsida.ac.id/id/eprint/5355.
Musliadi. & Yunus, R. Y. I (2018). The strategies dealing with speaking confidence in speaking. Prosiding Seminar Nasional, 4(1), 334-339. https://journal.uncp.ac.id/index.php/proceding/article/view/1270/1091.
Nasih, N., Yunus, M., Rahmawati, H. (2019). the correlation between self-confidence and speaking performance of the fourth semester students of English department of university of Islam Malang. Jurnal Penelitian, Pendidikan, dan Pembelajaran, 8(10), 1-6. http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/jp3/aticle/view/6643.
Nasih, N., Yunus, M., Rahmawati, H. (2019). the correlation between self-confidence and speaking performance of the fourth semester students of English department of university of Islam Malang. Jurnal Penelitian, Pendidikan, dan Pembelajaran, 8(10), 1-6. http://riset.unisma.ac.id/index.php/jp3/aticle/view/6643
Ozkan, H. (2020). Speaking difficulties among Turkish students in learning the English language. International Journal of Management and Applied Science, 6(6), 137-145. Https://Www.Academia.Edu/44303992/Speaking_Difficulties_AmongTur Kish_Students_In_Learning_The_English_Language.
Prasetyaningrum, A., Fikni, Z., Wati, L. (2020). English foreign language students’ strategies in overcoming speaking problems. Voices of English Language Education Society, 4(1). 94-103.http://dx.doi.org/10.29408/veles.v4i1.1914
Saad, N. S. M. & Yunus, M. M. (2015) Environmental conditions for English Language Learning in Malaysia. European Journal of Language and Literature Studies, 1(3), 99-110. http://journals.euser.org/files/articles/ejls_sep_dec_15/Noor.pdf.
Sari, R. A (2018). Students’ grammatical error analysis in speaking. Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pengajaran, 5(2), 127-137. http://jurnal.radenfatah.ac.id/index.php/edukasi.
Suchona, J. I & Shorna, S. A (2019). Speaking problems in English and solutions: scrutinizing students’ perspective. Shanlax International Journal of English, 8(1), 34-41. 10.34293/english. v8i1.661.
Susilawati, M. A. (2017). Student speaking student problems in English presentation. Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa, 6(6), 3-12. https://jurnal.untan.ac.id/index.php/jpdpb/article/view/20488
Wahaab. A., Munas. M., Rizvi, N.M (2021). Improving the pronunciation skills in grade-8 students of km/km al-mina vidyalaya-nintavur. Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 3, p. 137-154,
Widodo, M., Putrawan, G E., Perdana, R. (2023) How is a foreign Language pronounced? A case study of Indonesian as a foreign language among speakers of other languages. Journal of Language and Research, 14 (1) 231-238. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1401.24
Wijirahayu, S., & Dorand, P. (2018). Affective strategies, attitudes, and a model of speaking performance development for engineering students. Journal of Physics Conference Series, 948(1):012024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742- 6596/948/1/012024.
Zuhriyah, M. (2017). Problem-based learning to improve students’ grammar competence. Register Journal, 10(1), 48-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18326/rgt.v10i1.
Published
2023-08-13
How to Cite
KONDO, Petrus; RATUWONGO, Putri.
The Students' Difficulties in Speaking-English Performance at a Public Senior High School in Amurang.
SUMIKOLAH: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 76-87, aug. 2023.
ISSN 2985-3842.
Available at: <https://ejournal.unklab.ac.id/index.php/sumikolah/article/view/973>. Date accessed: 16 oct. 2024.
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