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A STUDY ON STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH
(A DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION AT TENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMKN 1 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016)
By
ANGGI RANDIKA PRIMA SANTI
NIM 201232044
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2016
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A STUDY ON STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH
(A DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION AT TENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMKN 1 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016)
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus In partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in English Education
Department
By
ANGGI RANDIKA PRIMA SANTI
NIM 201232044
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2016
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
Don’t give up reaching your dream
Success is a something that can be reach thought effort, study and pray.
DEDICATION:
This skripsi is dedicated to:
My beloved Father and Mother.
My beloved friend “IPTU
Hartono.
All of my best friends who
support her to finish the skripsi.
For my favorite English teacher
Mr. Gunawan and Mrs Ernie
Novianti.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
There will never be another greatest thatnk except to Allah SWT for blessing and
guidance, so the writer can finnish her skripsi entitled “A Study on Student’s
Difficulties in Speaking English (A Descriptive Qualitative Investigation at tenth
grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016)”. This skripsi
would never be complicated without assistance of others.
Therefore, the writer would like to express my deepest gratitude to:
1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd as the Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training
and Education of Muria Kudus University.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department of
Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
3. Drs. Muh Syafei M.Pd, as the first advisor and Farid Noor Romadlon,
S.Pd, M.Pd as the second advisor, who has guided me during the writing of
skripsi.
4. Drs. Sudirman, M.Pd as the head master of SMKN 1 KUDUS who has
given the opportunity to do her research.
5. Dra Didit Sunarti as the English teacher of SMKN 1 KUDUS who gave her
time in helping this research.
6. The tenth grade students in X Marketing 1 of SMKN 1 KUDUS in the
academic year 2015/2016 for their participation.
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7. The research beloved parents and friends who always giving their love,
pray, support and do the best for her.
8. The writer’s friends Ulil, Alfi, Elsa, Elynna who help and guide the writer
during the process of writing skripsi.
Finally, the writer will be happily welcome any constructive criticism and
suggestion. Hopefully, this skripsi will be successful for all the readers.
Kudus, 25 Juni 2016
Anggi Randika Prima Santi
viii
ABSTRACT
Santi, Anggi Randika Prima. 2016. A study on student’s Difficulties in Speaking
English (A descriptive Qualitative Investigation at tenth grade students of
SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016).Skripsi. English Education
Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus University.
Guidance Lecturer. (I) Drs. Muh Syafei M.Pd (II) Farid Noor Romadlon S.Pd,
M.Pd.
Key words: Student’s Difficulty, Speaking English.
Speaking is a skill that can produce word by word into sentences. In
speaking there are many components, they are grammar, vocabulary, fluency,
comprehension and also pronunciation. Speaking also needs more practice because
speaking is a difficult skill. So, the students must be practiced every day. In the
fact, students don’t want to speak English and they have difficulty in speaking
English. The difficulties are: they are scared about committing mistakes when they
are speaking English, they can’t express well or adequately because they are lack
adequate and appropriate vocabularies. Another difficulty that makes students
hesitate in speaking English is they are shy and nervous. They feel fearful to speak
English in front of other people, they can’t arrange word by word into sentences.
But, there are many factors that cause difficulty in speaking English, the factors
are: Lack of fluency, lack of vocabulary, lack of grammar, lack of pronunciation,
shy and nervous.
The objective of the research is to find out the factors that cause difficulty in
speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016.
The writer used descriptive qualitative investigation exactly case study. The
method is used to describe the factors which are faced by the students of SMKN 1
KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016. The writer collects the data through the
questionnaire. The writer analyzed the qualitative data by identifying, classifying,
and describing the factors which are faced by the students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in
academic year 2015/2016.
In the result of the research, the writer concludes that the factors which are
faced the students because of themselves not caused by the teacher. There are 5
factors that are faced by the students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year
2015/2016. Therefore, the writer suggests in learning grammar and vocabulary,
listening the English music, watching the English movie, joining English club,
practice in speaking. The last is the students should study and practice speaking
English.
ix
ABSTRAK
Santi, Anggi Randika Prima. 2016. Kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris (Sebuah
penelitian deskriptif qualitative siswa kelas X di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun
ajaran 2015/2016). Skripsi. Program studi pendidikan bahasa inggris fakultas
keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan. Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing (I)
Drs. Muh Syafei, M.Pd (II) Farid Noor Romadlon S.Pd, M.Pd.
Kata kunci: Kesulitan Siswa, Berbicara Bahasa Inggris.
Berbicara adalah kemampuan yang dapat menghasilkan kata per kata
menjadi kalimat. Ada banyak komponen berbicara yaitu: kosa kata, kefasihan,
pemahaman, dan pelafalan. Berbicara juga memerlukan latihan karena berbicara
adalah kemampuan yang sangat sulit. Jadi, siswa harus berlatih berbicara bahasa
inggris setiap hari. Tetapi pada kenyataanya, siswa tidak mau berbicara bahasa
inggris dan mereka mendapatkan kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris, kesulitanya
adalah: siswa takut membuat kesalahan ketika mereka berbicara, siswa tidak bisa
mengekspresikan dengan baik karena kosakata yang kurang. Kesulitan lain adalah
membuat siswa ragu dalam berbicara karena gugup dan malu. Siswa merasa takut
berbicara bahasa inggris di depan orang lain, siswa tidak bisa menyusun kata per
kata menjadi kalimat. Tetapi, banyak faktor yang menyebabkan kesulitan berbicara
bahasa inggris seperti: kekurangan kosakata, kekurangan grammar, kekurangan
pelafalan, gugup dan malu.
Tujuan penelitian adalah menemukan faktor penyebab kesulitan berbicara
bahasa inggris di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016.
Penulis menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif tepatnya studi kasus.
Metode penelitian yang di gunakan untuk mendeskripsikan faktor yang di alami
siswa di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Penulis mengumpulkan data
melalui angket. Penulis menganalisis data kualitatif dengan cara mengidentifikasi,
mengklasifikasi, dan menggambarkan faktor – faktor yang di alami siswa di
SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penulis menyimpulkan faktor –
faktor yang di alami siswa karena mereka sendiri tidak di sebabkan oleh guru. Ada
5 faktor yang di alami siswa di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Maka
dari itu, penulis menyarankan untuk belajar grammar dan kosakata, mendengarkan
lagu barat, menonton film barat, mengikuti kursus bahasa inggris dan latihan
berbicara. Terakhir, siswa seharusnya belajar dan berlatih berbicara bahasa inggris.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER ......................................................................................................
i
LOGO ......................................................................................................... ii
TITTLE ...................................................................................................... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ................................................................. iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL .......................................................................
v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL .................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................ vi
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................... ix
ABSTRAK…………………………………………………………………. x
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................... xi
LIST OF TABLE ...................................................................................... xiv
LIST OF APPENDICES .......................................................................... xv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the Research .............................................................
1
1.2
Statement of the Problem .................................................................
4
1.3
Objective of the Research .................................................................
4
1.4
Significance of the Research .............................................................
4
1.5
Limitation of the Research.................................................................
5
1.6
Operational Definition .......................................................................
5
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE
2.1
Speaking ..........................................................................................
7
2.2
Components of Speaking English ...................................................
8
2.2.1 Aspects in Speaking English ...........................................................
10
2.2.2 Factors that Cause Speaking Difficulties ........................................
13
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2.2.3 Factors which Influence Difficulties in Speaking English .............
14
2.2.4 Strategies in Overcoming Difficulties in Speaking English ............
17
2.3
Review of Previous Research...........................................................
18
2.4
Theoretical Framework ....................................................................
20
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1
Design of the Research ....................................................................
22
3.2
Data and data Resource ...................................................................
22
3.3
Instrument of the research ...............................................................
23
3.4
Data Collection ................................................................................
26
3.5
Data Analysis................................................................................. .. 27
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 The table of factors cause difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS
in academic year 2015/2016…………………………………………….28
4.1 The summary of factors cause difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1
KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016…………………………………..28
4.2 The table of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at tenth
grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016………29
4.2 The summary of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at
tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016..29
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CHAPTER V DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH
5.1
The student’s difficulties in speaking English at tenth grade
students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016 ..........
5.2
32
The factors cause difficulty in speaking English at tenth grade
students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016 ..........
35
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AD SUGGESTION
6.1
Conclusion .......................................................................................
37
6.2
Suggestion .......................................................................................
37
REFERENCES ..........................................................................................
39
APPENDICES ...........................................................................................
41
xiii
LIST OF TABLE
Table
Page
4.1 The table of factors causes difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS
in academic year 2015/2016…………………………………………..28
4.2 The table of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at tenth
grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016……29
xiv
Appendix
Page
Curriculum SMKN 1 KUDUS .................................................................... 41
Syllabus SMKN 1 KUDUS......................................................................... 41
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(A DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION AT TENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMKN 1 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016)
By
ANGGI RANDIKA PRIMA SANTI
NIM 201232044
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2016
i
ii
A STUDY ON STUDENTS DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH
(A DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION AT TENTH GRADE
STUDENTS OF SMKN 1 KUDUS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016)
SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus In partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Program in English Education
Department
By
ANGGI RANDIKA PRIMA SANTI
NIM 201232044
ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2016
iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
Don’t give up reaching your dream
Success is a something that can be reach thought effort, study and pray.
DEDICATION:
This skripsi is dedicated to:
My beloved Father and Mother.
My beloved friend “IPTU
Hartono.
All of my best friends who
support her to finish the skripsi.
For my favorite English teacher
Mr. Gunawan and Mrs Ernie
Novianti.
iv
v
vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
There will never be another greatest thatnk except to Allah SWT for blessing and
guidance, so the writer can finnish her skripsi entitled “A Study on Student’s
Difficulties in Speaking English (A Descriptive Qualitative Investigation at tenth
grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016)”. This skripsi
would never be complicated without assistance of others.
Therefore, the writer would like to express my deepest gratitude to:
1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd as the Dean of the Faculty of Teacher Training
and Education of Muria Kudus University.
2. Diah Kurniati, S.Pd, M.Pd as the Head of English Education Department of
Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
3. Drs. Muh Syafei M.Pd, as the first advisor and Farid Noor Romadlon,
S.Pd, M.Pd as the second advisor, who has guided me during the writing of
skripsi.
4. Drs. Sudirman, M.Pd as the head master of SMKN 1 KUDUS who has
given the opportunity to do her research.
5. Dra Didit Sunarti as the English teacher of SMKN 1 KUDUS who gave her
time in helping this research.
6. The tenth grade students in X Marketing 1 of SMKN 1 KUDUS in the
academic year 2015/2016 for their participation.
vii
7. The research beloved parents and friends who always giving their love,
pray, support and do the best for her.
8. The writer’s friends Ulil, Alfi, Elsa, Elynna who help and guide the writer
during the process of writing skripsi.
Finally, the writer will be happily welcome any constructive criticism and
suggestion. Hopefully, this skripsi will be successful for all the readers.
Kudus, 25 Juni 2016
Anggi Randika Prima Santi
viii
ABSTRACT
Santi, Anggi Randika Prima. 2016. A study on student’s Difficulties in Speaking
English (A descriptive Qualitative Investigation at tenth grade students of
SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016).Skripsi. English Education
Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muria Kudus University.
Guidance Lecturer. (I) Drs. Muh Syafei M.Pd (II) Farid Noor Romadlon S.Pd,
M.Pd.
Key words: Student’s Difficulty, Speaking English.
Speaking is a skill that can produce word by word into sentences. In
speaking there are many components, they are grammar, vocabulary, fluency,
comprehension and also pronunciation. Speaking also needs more practice because
speaking is a difficult skill. So, the students must be practiced every day. In the
fact, students don’t want to speak English and they have difficulty in speaking
English. The difficulties are: they are scared about committing mistakes when they
are speaking English, they can’t express well or adequately because they are lack
adequate and appropriate vocabularies. Another difficulty that makes students
hesitate in speaking English is they are shy and nervous. They feel fearful to speak
English in front of other people, they can’t arrange word by word into sentences.
But, there are many factors that cause difficulty in speaking English, the factors
are: Lack of fluency, lack of vocabulary, lack of grammar, lack of pronunciation,
shy and nervous.
The objective of the research is to find out the factors that cause difficulty in
speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016.
The writer used descriptive qualitative investigation exactly case study. The
method is used to describe the factors which are faced by the students of SMKN 1
KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016. The writer collects the data through the
questionnaire. The writer analyzed the qualitative data by identifying, classifying,
and describing the factors which are faced by the students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in
academic year 2015/2016.
In the result of the research, the writer concludes that the factors which are
faced the students because of themselves not caused by the teacher. There are 5
factors that are faced by the students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year
2015/2016. Therefore, the writer suggests in learning grammar and vocabulary,
listening the English music, watching the English movie, joining English club,
practice in speaking. The last is the students should study and practice speaking
English.
ix
ABSTRAK
Santi, Anggi Randika Prima. 2016. Kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris (Sebuah
penelitian deskriptif qualitative siswa kelas X di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun
ajaran 2015/2016). Skripsi. Program studi pendidikan bahasa inggris fakultas
keguruan dan ilmu pendidikan. Universitas Muria Kudus. Pembimbing (I)
Drs. Muh Syafei, M.Pd (II) Farid Noor Romadlon S.Pd, M.Pd.
Kata kunci: Kesulitan Siswa, Berbicara Bahasa Inggris.
Berbicara adalah kemampuan yang dapat menghasilkan kata per kata
menjadi kalimat. Ada banyak komponen berbicara yaitu: kosa kata, kefasihan,
pemahaman, dan pelafalan. Berbicara juga memerlukan latihan karena berbicara
adalah kemampuan yang sangat sulit. Jadi, siswa harus berlatih berbicara bahasa
inggris setiap hari. Tetapi pada kenyataanya, siswa tidak mau berbicara bahasa
inggris dan mereka mendapatkan kesulitan berbicara bahasa inggris, kesulitanya
adalah: siswa takut membuat kesalahan ketika mereka berbicara, siswa tidak bisa
mengekspresikan dengan baik karena kosakata yang kurang. Kesulitan lain adalah
membuat siswa ragu dalam berbicara karena gugup dan malu. Siswa merasa takut
berbicara bahasa inggris di depan orang lain, siswa tidak bisa menyusun kata per
kata menjadi kalimat. Tetapi, banyak faktor yang menyebabkan kesulitan berbicara
bahasa inggris seperti: kekurangan kosakata, kekurangan grammar, kekurangan
pelafalan, gugup dan malu.
Tujuan penelitian adalah menemukan faktor penyebab kesulitan berbicara
bahasa inggris di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016.
Penulis menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif tepatnya studi kasus.
Metode penelitian yang di gunakan untuk mendeskripsikan faktor yang di alami
siswa di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Penulis mengumpulkan data
melalui angket. Penulis menganalisis data kualitatif dengan cara mengidentifikasi,
mengklasifikasi, dan menggambarkan faktor – faktor yang di alami siswa di
SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa penulis menyimpulkan faktor –
faktor yang di alami siswa karena mereka sendiri tidak di sebabkan oleh guru. Ada
5 faktor yang di alami siswa di SMKN 1 KUDUS tahun ajaran 2015/2016. Maka
dari itu, penulis menyarankan untuk belajar grammar dan kosakata, mendengarkan
lagu barat, menonton film barat, mengikuti kursus bahasa inggris dan latihan
berbicara. Terakhir, siswa seharusnya belajar dan berlatih berbicara bahasa inggris.
x
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
COVER ......................................................................................................
i
LOGO ......................................................................................................... ii
TITTLE ...................................................................................................... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ................................................................. iv
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL .......................................................................
v
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL .................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................ vi
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................... ix
ABSTRAK…………………………………………………………………. x
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................... xi
LIST OF TABLE ...................................................................................... xiv
LIST OF APPENDICES .......................................................................... xv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1
Background of the Research .............................................................
1
1.2
Statement of the Problem .................................................................
4
1.3
Objective of the Research .................................................................
4
1.4
Significance of the Research .............................................................
4
1.5
Limitation of the Research.................................................................
5
1.6
Operational Definition .......................................................................
5
CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE
2.1
Speaking ..........................................................................................
7
2.2
Components of Speaking English ...................................................
8
2.2.1 Aspects in Speaking English ...........................................................
10
2.2.2 Factors that Cause Speaking Difficulties ........................................
13
xi
2.2.3 Factors which Influence Difficulties in Speaking English .............
14
2.2.4 Strategies in Overcoming Difficulties in Speaking English ............
17
2.3
Review of Previous Research...........................................................
18
2.4
Theoretical Framework ....................................................................
20
CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1
Design of the Research ....................................................................
22
3.2
Data and data Resource ...................................................................
22
3.3
Instrument of the research ...............................................................
23
3.4
Data Collection ................................................................................
26
3.5
Data Analysis................................................................................. .. 27
CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 The table of factors cause difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS
in academic year 2015/2016…………………………………………….28
4.1 The summary of factors cause difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1
KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016…………………………………..28
4.2 The table of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at tenth
grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016………29
4.2 The summary of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at
tenth grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016..29
xii
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH
5.1
The student’s difficulties in speaking English at tenth grade
students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016 ..........
5.2
32
The factors cause difficulty in speaking English at tenth grade
students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016 ..........
35
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AD SUGGESTION
6.1
Conclusion .......................................................................................
37
6.2
Suggestion .......................................................................................
37
REFERENCES ..........................................................................................
39
APPENDICES ...........................................................................................
41
xiii
LIST OF TABLE
Table
Page
4.1 The table of factors causes difficulty in speaking English of SMKN 1 KUDUS
in academic year 2015/2016…………………………………………..28
4.2 The table of Strategies in overcoming difficulty in speaking English at tenth
grade students of SMKN 1 KUDUS in academic year 2015/2016……29
xiv
Appendix
Page
Curriculum SMKN 1 KUDUS .................................................................... 41
Syllabus SMKN 1 KUDUS......................................................................... 41
xv