and learning process, especially speaking. By using this kind of strategy, students were expected that it is great to express their ideas.
B. The Identification of the Problems
All of the problems which were explained earlier were also seen at SMP Negeri 1 Jogonalan. To identify the problems that occurred at SMP Negeri 1
Jogonalan, following activities had been done: interviewing the English teacher and observing the English teaching and learning process in the classroom. Based on the
observation and interview, Some problems were found in the classroom. The identification of the problems presented as follows.
The first problem was related to the students. The students were not active during the classroom activities. Most of the students made many noises by talking
each other during the lesson, even when the teacher was in the classroom. However, they just kept silent when the teacher asked questions to them. There were only
some students actively involved during the lesson. Besides, the students seemed not enthusiast to practice speaking in English. It could be seen when the teacher asked
them to perform in the class, most of them refused to do it. They were afraid of making mistakes. The students were reluctant to speak English. It could be seen that
during the lesson, they used Indonesian even Javanese instead of English. Moreover, the students had low mastery in vocabulary so that they did not know
the meaning of most English words and sentences. They also had problem in pronunciation. When they were asked to pronounce some English words, they could
not pronounce the words correctly.
Second problem was related to the teaching method. Based on the observation and interviews, the interactive technique or media of teaching such as
games, discussions, and group works were not applied to the teaching and learning process. As a result, the students did not have opportunities to interact with the
teacher and the other students. Thus, the English teaching and learning process tended to be teacher-centered. The applied method did not give students enough
opportunities to work cooperatively in discussing questions. Individual practices were mostly used in the classroom so that the interaction among students was very
limited. Then, Indonesian was preferred to use than English during the lesson. As a result, the students were not accustomed to use English during the lesson.
Finding those problems, there should be a way or a strategy to solve those problems so that the students’ speaking skills could improve.
C. Delimitation of the Problem
