dc.description.abstract | Learning is a process of people alteration and ability to be changeable meanwhile speaking is an ability of someone that give positive effect to increase good speaking skill. So, Learning speaking is a process of how to speak fluently with good pronounciation and spelling without making mistakes. The purpose of this research is to find out the students difficulties in speaking English and to find out the most dominant factor causing the students difficulties in speaking English at SMAN 1 Kunir. The study aims to fill gaps in the literature by analysis the students speaking English difficulties.
The research design of this study is a quantitative approach with a descriptive research method. The subjects in this research were the students of class 12 MIPA 3. The instrument used is questionnaires which were distributed to the students. The researcher obtained the data from the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statics by paying attention to each of the aspects of the difficulties in speaking English (linguistic problems and psychological problems).
The findings of this research show that there are seven difficulties students faced that were lack of pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, confidence, anxiety, shyness, and lack of motivation to speak English. Their willingness to not practice speaking English has the highest mean score. It is included in the category of psychological problems. However, there were variations in findings from other studies, suggesting the need for further research in this area.
Keyword : Analysis, Students Speaking, Learning Speaking and Difficulty. | en_US |