In taking the sample of this research, the writer took 100 of the population. She took all of the 69 students from the total number of eight
grade students. Although the case is seen from teacher’s view, the writer involved the
students in doing this research because the problems that faced by English teachers in teaching speaking mostly come from them.
5. Instrument
It is important to get the valid data which related to the research in finding the problems of teaching speaking, so the writer used an
experiment technique by giving the students oral test and written test related to speaking material. For the oral test, the writer divided the score
into five criteria, which are the score of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. Each criteria, then, is rated into
five scale of rating score.
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The writer also did interview with the senior English teacher, Drs. Asep Ahmad Zenal Aripin M. Pd., to get more data about problems faced
by English teachers in teaching speaking. Furthermore, the writer was in the school for almost four months and
during the time she also did an observation related to the problems while she was teaching there. The result of the observation is also going to
present in this skripsi to support the data.
A. Questionnaire
The questionnaire was given on May 27
th
2009 to the second grade students of Ruhama Islamic Junior High School. It was in the first period
when they were still fresh and active. The writer asked them to answer the questionnaire as honest as possible because it wasn’t scored most of them
were afraid making some mistakes in answering written questions so they usually cheat, but when they knew it was just a questionnaire and not a
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David P. Haris, Testing English as a Second Language, New York: Mc. Graw Hill Book Company, 1969, p. 84-85
test, they did it well. While they were doing the questionnaire, the writer gave them some candy as her thank.
B. Speaking Test
To find a valid data, the writer gave test to provide data and used books as speaking test reference. According to David P. Harris, all good
speaking tests must be rated by the following criteria:
• Pronunciation Score
Note 5
Has few traces of foreign accent
4 Always intelligible, through one is conscious of a definite
accent
3 Pronunciation problems necessity concentrated listening and
occasionally lead to misunderstanding
2 Very hard to understand because of pronunciation problem
must frequently be asked to repeat
1 Pronunciation problems to serve as to make speech virtually
• Grammar Score
Note 5
Makes few if any noticeable errors of grammar or word order
4 Occasionally makes grammatical word order errors which
do not, however, obscure meaning
3 Makes frequent errors of grammatical or word order which
occasionally obscure meaning
2 Grammar and word order make comprehension difficult.
Most often word order as severe as to make speech virtually intelligible
1 Rephrase sentences and or restrict to basic pattern errors in
grammar
• Vocabulary Score
Note 5
Use of vocabulary and idioms is virtually that of native speaker
4 Sometimes uses inappropriate terms and or must rephrase
ideas because of lexical in adequacies
3 Frequently uses wrong word; conversation somewhat limited
because of inadequate vocabulary
2
Misuses of words and very limited vocabulary make comprehension quite difficult
1 Vocabulary limitation so extra as to make conversation
virtually impossible
• Fluency Score
Note 5
Speech as fluent and effortless as that a native speaker
4 Speed of speech seems to be slightly affected by language
limitation
3 Speed and fluency are rather strongly affected by language
limitation
2 Usually hesitant; often forced into silence by language
limitation
1 Speech is so halting and fragmentary as to make
conversation virtually impossible
• Comprehension Score
Note 5
Appears to understand everything in that difficulty
4 Understand nearly everything at normal speed, although
occasional repetition may be necessary
3 Understand most of what is said at slower-than-normal
speed with repetition
2 Has great difficulty following what is said or comprehend
only “social conversation” spoken slowly with frequent repetition
1 Cannot be said to understand even simple conversational
English
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The writer gave the speaking test to the students on Saturday, March 14 2009. Before the test, the writer always paid attention to their speaking
skill in every meeting. She watched their improvement days by days and weeks by weeks while she was teaching in their class. In every meeting, the
writer always used English for simple instruction and made the students to do the same. For example, when they are going to the restroom, they wouldn’t
allowed if they didn’t permit in English; or if they wanted to know the time, the writer wouldn’t answered them if they asked it in Bahasa Indonesia; and
so on. But it didn’t give much change in their speaking skill, because the students who were very active in class always the same. And it can be seen
from the score of speaking test. The speaking test was given to get more supporting data of how the
problems faced by English teachers in teaching speaking affect the students’ English ability in speaking skill..
C. Interview
