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they asked their teacher to give question using bahasa Indonesia. For example, they asked
“Miss, ngomongnya bisa pake bahasa Indonesia aja?” Miss, would you like to speak in Indonesia?. There were also some students who wanted to answer the
question but they did not understand English at all, so they kept silent because they were confused how to answer the question using English.
In statement 9,” My students are inhibited to speak in English in the classroom because they feel shy and it influences their speaking English skill.
” Five participants agreed for this statement. They said that the students were not confident to speak in
English. It was because they did not have enough vocabulary, they were afraid to make mistakes and some of them did not understand English at all. They felt shy
because there was a time when they try to speak in English, their friends made fun of them. Even though all of the participants said that making mistakes are okay, the
students were still inhibited to speak in English in classroom when there were speaking activities.
Munjayanah 2004, p.17 states that students might have their own difficulties in learning the language. Particularly improving speaking skill is not easy for the
students. Inhibition, low or uneven participation of the students, the use of mother tongue, and lack of vocabulary or grammar are some of the problems of speaking
skill when the students learned English. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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