Ristiyani Jamillia, 2015 ANALYZING STUDENTS’ APTITUDE IN SPEAKING
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ability especially in speaking. It explores learner differences m ainly on learners’
aptitude. In addition, it also provides some consideration in applying acceptable teaching strategies to learners based on their wants and needs in learning English.
1.2 Research Questions
This research is designed to answer the following questions: 1.2.1.
How is the aptitude of high achieving and low achieving students in speaking?
1.3 Purposes of the Research
This study is conducted to obtain information related to the research questions. This study aims to:
1.3.1. Analyze the high achieving and the low achieving students’ aptitude in
speaking.
1.4 Scope of the Study
Individual Differences IDs on psychological perspective of Second Language Acquisition SLA study that influence
variety of students’ attainments in English mastery are too wide. Therefore the research is narrowed into
students’ aptitude and motivation as parts of learner differences. As confirmed by Ellis
2008 cited in Pawlak 2012, p.xxxv, aptitude account for most of the variance in achievement.
Since students’ aptitude are predicted to be the most powerful factors that influence students’ attainment, so other learner differences, such as
motivation, personality, cognitive style, learning strategies, etc. are excluded. They may affect students’ attainment but are assumed to provide insignificant
influences. Bygate’ theory about operation skills in speaking was adopted in analyzing students’ aptitude.
Aptitude works on foreign language classroom situation which deals with types of activities such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing. However, this
research concerns on speaking. Speaking, as productive skill, is important to
Ristiyani Jamillia, 2015 ANALYZING STUDENTS’ APTITUDE IN SPEAKING
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communicate with others and it is the first step to produce language besides writing at next.
Furthermore, this research also focuses on seventh grade students in a junior high school as participants of the research. After they learn English from
elementary school, they are able to evaluate their English learning and share their point of view about English. Since the research attempts to analyze why some
learners are moreless successful than others, so it concentrates on high achieving and low achieving students.
In addition, the theory of Second Language Acquisition SLA by Saville- Troike 2006 and the theory of language learners’ psychology by Zoltan Dörnyei
are mostly used as the main frames of individual differences on psychological perspective of SLA. The theories offer brief overview of learner differences
especially on stud ents’ aptitude.
1.5 Significance of the Research
