5 The last author, Ismarini 2006 examined the difficulties that the students
found when they were learning English. Ismarini was seeking the problems occur from all the English skills, but now the researcher wants to limit the example only
from the speaking skill field. Difficulties in speaking occur when the students produce their own sentences without a model or format guidance; these will lead
into poor grammar and vocabulary mastery, lack of fluency and accuracy in pronunciation, including stress and intonation 2006:26.
B. Problem Identification
The awareness of the needs to master English as the international language, the international classes’ phenomenon in Indonesia, and the speaking
competence are the reasons for the researcher to conduct a research based on these topics. International class is based on the specific approach named Content-Based
Instruction or CBI. All of the teaching-learning activities in the international class ideally should be based on this approach. This approach requires the teacher to
teach all the content areas in the target language. The implementation of CBI in the international class exposes the students
to English in learning the content. Therefore, they are expected to improve their English skill mastery after getting the exposure in the international class. Hence,
the researcher would like to know how significant is the influence of CBI implementation in international class to improve the student’s speaking
participation. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
6 The researcher limits the research only in the students’ speaking
participation in order to obtain deeper and better understanding. Moreover, speaking as the productive skill becomes the basic needs of communication. The
students’ English ability and mastery will be known first from how they speak, choose the vocabulary, and their fluency. The researcher chooses the eleventh
grade students for two specific reasons; first, because they are seen to have had enough exposure in English, and second, they have not been given the burden to
prepare for the final examination.
C. Problem Formulation
After having known the problems in conducting international class, the researcher formulates two questions that need to be answered by this research.
They are: 1. How significant is the influence of the CBI implementation in the
international class of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta? 2. What are the influences of the implementation of CBI in the international
class on the students’ speaking participation?
D. Problem Limitation
