The High Speaking Score Achievers’ Perception on Their Speaking Skill Development

Abstract

This research presents the high speaking score achievers’ perception on their speaking skill development. Language has four skills which are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Among these four skills speaking is the most frequently used that it gives higher prestige than any other language. Therefore, the researcher then conducted a research with the purpose to find the perception of high speaking score achievers perceptions on their development in the speaking context based on their experiences during the speaking classes taught. The specs were brought from the research about students’ perception on EFL speaking skill development Nazara (2011) This research used explanatory mixed quantitative and qualitative method. The 22 subjects are final-year students in English Department at Universitas Islam Malang. The subjects were final-year students whose speaking score are high. Online questionnaire and online interview were utilized as the methods of collecting data. The quantitative instruments used by the researcher were yes or no questions. The quantitative data were automatically analyzed in the google form and for the qualitative data were transcribed in detail then conclude it as the result. The findings showed that the subjects were mostly perceived that their speaking mastery level is high. All of the subjects wanted to speaking English fluent and well; more than a half of them were willing to be a speaker in the seminar or in other program requiring speaking skill. For the opportunity and time for practicing in speaking and non-speaking classes were perceived appropriate. Materials and activities were given well and exiting while the facilities in the speaking classes were perceived less. Also, it is found that high achievers didn’t interact with classmates and lecturers always in English; however, they didn’t have matter barrier and climate in the context of psychology and classroom. For the future researcher who wishes to conduct similar research, this study could also be used as a reference, but it is suggested to use newer instruments to conduct the study.