A STUDY ON STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH (A DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION AT TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMKN 1 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016) By ANGGI RANDIKA PRIMA SANTI NIM 201232044 ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2016 i
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A STUDY ON STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH (A DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION AT TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMKN 1 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016) SKRIPSI Presented to the University of Muria Kudus In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in English Education Department By ANGGI RANDIKA PRIMA SANTI NIM 201232044 ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY 2016 iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION MOTTO: Don t give up reaching your dream Success is a something that can be reach thought effort, study and pray. DEDICATION: This skripsi is dedicated to: My beloved Father and Mother. My beloved friend IPTU Hartono. All of my best friends who support her to finish the skripsi. For my favorite English teacher Mr. Gunawan and Mrs Ernie Novianti. iv
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Bismillahirrahmanirrahim There will never be another greatest thatnk except to Allah SWT for blessing and guidance, so the writer can finnish her skripsi entitled A Study on Student s Difficulties in Speaking English (A Descriptive Qualitative Investigation at tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016). This skripsi would never be complicated without assistance of others. Therefore, the writer would like to express my deepest gratitude to: 1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd as the Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of Muria Kudus University. 2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University. 3. Drs. Muh Syafei M.Pd, as the first advisor and Farid Noor Romadlon, S.Pd, M.Pd as the second advisor, who has guided me during the writing of skripsi. 4. Drs. Sudirman, M.Pd as the head master of SMKN 1 KUDUS who has given the opportunity to do her research. 5. Dra Didit Sunarti as the English teacher of SMKN 1 KUDUS who gave her time in helping this research. 6. The tenth grade students in X Marketing 1 of SMKN 1 KUDUS in the academic year 2015/2016 for their participation. vii
7. The research beloved parents and friends who always giving their love, pray, support and do the best for her. 8. The writer s friends Ulil, Alfi, Elsa, Elynna who help and guide the writer during the process of writing skripsi. Finally, the writer will be happily welcome any constructive criticism and suggestion. Hopefully, this skripsi will be successful for all the readers. Kudus, 25 Juni 2016 Anggi Randika Prima Santi viii
ABSTRACT Santi, Anggi Randika Prima. 2016. A study on student s Difficulties in Speaking English (A descriptive Qualitative Investigation at tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016).Skripsi. English Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus University. Guidance Lecturer. (I) Drs. Muh Syafei M.Pd (II) Farid Noor Romadlon S.Pd, M.Pd. Key words: Student s Difficulty, Speaking English. Speaking is a skill that can produce word by word into sentences. In speaking there are many components, they are grammar, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension and also pronunciation. Speaking also needs more practice because speaking is a difficult skill. So, the students must be practiced every day. In the fact, students don t want to speak English and they have difficulty in speaking English. The difficulties are: they are scared about committing mistakes when they are speaking English, they can t express well or adequately because they are lack adequate and appropriate vocabularies. Another difficulty that makes students hesitate in speaking English is they are shy and nervous. They feel fearful to speak English in front of other people, they can t arrange word by word into sentences. But, there are many factors that cause difficulty in speaking English, the factors are: Lack of fluency, lack of vocabulary, lack of grammar, lack of pronunciation, shy and nervous. The objective of the research is to find out the factors that cause difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016. The writer used descriptive qualitative investigation exactly case study. The method is used to describe the factors which are faced by the students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016. The writer collects the data through the questionnaire. The writer analyzed the qualitative data by identifying, classifying, and describing the factors which are faced by the students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016. In the result of the research, the writer concludes that the factors which are faced the students because of themselves not caused by the teacher. There are 5 factors that are faced by the students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016. Therefore, the writer suggests in learning grammar and vocabulary, listening the English music, watching the English movie, joining English club, practice in speaking. The last is the students should study and practice speaking English. ix
ABSTRAK Santi, Anggi Randika Prima. 2016. Kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris (Sebuah penelitian deskriptif qualitative siswa kelas X di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016). Skripsi. Program studi pendidikan bahasa inggris fakultas keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan. Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing (I) Drs. Muh Syafei, M.Pd (II) Farid Noor Romadlon S.Pd, M.Pd. Kata kunci: Kesulitan Siswa, Berbicara Bahasa Inggris. Berbicara adalah kemampuan yang dapat menghasilkan kata per kata menjadi kalimat. Ada banyak komponen berbicara yaitu: kosa kata, kefasihan, pemahaman, dan pelafalan. Berbicara juga memerlukan latihan karena berbicara adalah kemampuan yang sangat sulit. Jadi, siswa harus berlatih berbicara bahasa inggris setiap hari. Tetapi pada kenyataanya, siswa tidak mau berbicara bahasa inggris dan mereka mendapatkan kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris, kesulitanya adalah: siswa takut membuat kesalahan ketika mereka berbicara, siswa tidak bisa mengekspresikan dengan baik karena kosakata yang kurang. Kesulitan lain adalah membuat siswa ragu dalam berbicara karena gugup dan malu. Siswa merasa takut berbicara bahasa inggris di depan orang lain, siswa tidak bisa menyusun kata per kata menjadi kalimat. Tetapi, banyak faktor yang menyebabkan kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris seperti: kekurangan kosakata, kekurangan grammar, kekurangan pelafalan, gugup dan malu. Tujuan penelitian adalah menemukan faktor penyebab kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Penulis menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif tepatnya studi kasus. Metode penelitian yang di gunakan untuk mendeskripsikan faktor yang di alami siswa di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Penulis mengumpulkan data melalui angket. Penulis menganalisis data kualitatif dengan cara mengidentifikasi, mengklasifikasi, dan menggambarkan faktor faktor yang di alami siswa di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penulis menyimpulkan faktor faktor yang di alami siswa karena mereka sendiri tidak di sebabkan oleh guru. Ada 5 faktor yang di alami siswa di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Maka dari itu, penulis menyarankan untuk belajar grammar dan kosakata, mendengarkan lagu barat, menonton film barat, mengikuti kursus bahasa inggris dan latihan berbicara. Terakhir, siswa seharusnya belajar dan berlatih berbicara bahasa inggris. x
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page COVER... i LOGO... ii TITTLE... iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION... iv ADVISORS APPROVAL... v EXAMINERS APPROVAL... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... vi ABSTRACT... ix ABSTRAK. x TABLE OF CONTENTS... xi LIST OF TABLE... xiv LIST OF APPENDICES... xv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Research... 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem... 4 1.3 Objective of the Research... 4 1.4 Significance of the Research... 4 1.5 Limitation of the Research... 5 1.6 Operational Definition... 5 CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Speaking... 7 2.2 Components of Speaking English... 8 2.2.1 Aspects in Speaking English... 10 2.2.2 Factors that Cause Speaking Difficulties... 13 xi
2.2.3 Factors which Influence Difficulties in Speaking English... 14 2.2.4 Strategies in Overcoming Difficulties in Speaking English... 17 2.3 Review of Previous Research... 18 2.4 Theoretical Framework... 20 CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH 3.1 Design of the Research... 22 3.2 Data and data Resource... 22 3.3 Instrument of the research... 23 3.4 Data Collection... 26 3.5 Data Analysis..... 27 CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH 4.1 The table of factors cause difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016.28 4.1 The summary of factors cause difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016..28 4.2 The table of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016 29 4.2 The summary of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016..29 xii
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH 5.1 The student s difficulties in speaking English at tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016... 32 5.2 The factors cause difficulty in speaking English at tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016... 35 CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AD SUGGESTION 6.1 Conclusion... 37 6.2 Suggestion... 37 REFERENCES... 39 APPENDICES... 41 xiii
LIST OF TABLE Table Page 4.1 The table of factors causes difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016..28 4.2 The table of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016 29 xiv
Appendix Page Curriculum SMKN 1 KUDUS... 41 Syllabus SMKN 1 KUDUS... 41 xv