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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
ix 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.
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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.
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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
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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 ... 32
5.2 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
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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
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Appendix Page
Curriculum SMKN 1 KUDUS ... 41
