Problems in Speaking Activities

State University. The objectives of the study are to describe the presentation of speaking materials in “English Alive 2”textbook for the eleventh graders of Senior High School based on the criteria of a good textbook proposed by Savignon, to describe the relevancy and the sequence of the speaking materia ls in “English Alive 2” to the standard competence in School-Based curriculum or KTSP. This study was designed to use descriptive qualitative belonged to a documentary analysis. The researchers took all speaking materials on the textbook as the unit of analysis. Based on the analysis, the researchers found that the presentation of the textbook was arranged to meet the criteria proposed by Savignon. The researcher also found that the relevancy of the speaking material was quite in line to the Standard Competence in the current curriculum. 39 The similarities of these studies are about the object of study, method and design of study. All of them used content of textbook as their unit of analysis and used document analysis as design of study. However, they have differentiation in the purpose, procedure and technique of analysis. The research that is conducted by Mailani is to find out suitability between the speaking materials and KTSP and to describe the feasibility of content, language, and presentation of the textbook, while the aim of Arif Prasojo’s research are to see whether or not exercise of English Tex tbook entitled “Pathway to English” compatible with Curriculum 2013 and to describe the feasibility of content, language, and presentation of the textbook.. Different with Febriyan and Rahayu, their research are to see whether or not the speaking materials on the textbook compatible with criteria of a good textbook proposed by Savignon and also KTSP. The writer also used document analysis as design of the study; however she has differentiation about unit of analysis with all of the researchers above. Unit analysis of the writer was not only the speaking material but also the 39 Febriyan and Rahayu, “ An Analysis of the Speaking Materials in “English Alive 2” Textbook for the Eleventh Grade of Senior High School “, Skripsi of Undergraduate of Surabaya State University.