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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

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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.

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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 .......... 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

APPENDICES ........................................................................................... 41

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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

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Appendix Page

Curriculum SMKN 1 KUDUS .................................................................... 41

Syllabus SMKN 1 KUDUS ......................................................................... 41