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STUDENTSAo PROBLEMS IN SPEAKING ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT THE NINTH GRADE OF SMP NEGERI 1 OAoOAoU Amator Andisinarta Giawa Teacher of SMP Negeri 1 Ulususua .
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Abstract This research was conducted to investigate students' problems in speaking English in the ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou.
The objectives of this research were to find what are students problems in speaking English at the ninth grade of SMP negeri 1 OAooAou and what are factors cause the problems faced by students in problems speaking English at the ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou.
This research was applied in a qualitative research design and the data were obtained through classroom observations and interviews.
Data were analyzed using Miles and Huberman's theory such as data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions and verification.
The results of this research indicate that ninth grade students at SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou experience problems in speaking English.
It was found that 4 negative characteristics of successful speaking activity are experienced by students, namely student didnAot talk a lot, participant or students are not even, student low motivation and language is not of an acceptable level.
Factors that cause students' problems in speaking English include fear of mistakes, shyness, anxiety, lack of confidence and lack of motivation.
This research show that students experience problem in speaking.
It is suggested that students ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou should study more the characteristic successful speaking activity.
Key Words: Problems.
English.
Abstrak Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menyelidiki masalah siswa dalam berbicara bahasa Inggris di kelas sembilan SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apa saja permasalahan siswa dalam berbicara bahasa Inggris di kelas sembilan SMP Negeri 1 O'o'u dan apa saja faktor penyebab permasalahan yang dihadapi siswa dalam berbicara bahasa Inggris di kelas sembilan SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou.
Penelitian ini diterapkan dalam desain penelitian kualitatif dan data diperoleh melalui observasi kelas dan wawancara.
Data dianalisis menggunakan teori Miles dan Huberman seperti reduksi data, display data, serta penarikan kesimpulan dan verifikasi.
Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa kelas sembilan di SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou mengalami kendala dalam berbicara bahasa Inggris.
Ditemukan bahwa 4 ciri negatif keberhasilan aktivitas berbicara dialami oleh siswa, yaitu siswa tidak banyak bicara, partisipasi atau siswa tidak seimbang, motivasi siswa rendah dan bahasa tidak pada tingkat yang dapat diterima.
Faktor penyebab siswa bermasalah dalam berbicara bahasa Inggris antara lain takut salah, malu, cemas, kurang percaya diri dan kurang motivasi.
Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa siswa mengalami masalah dalam Copyright .
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Disarankan agar siswa kelas sembilan SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou mempelajari lebih lanjut mengenai karakteristik keberhasilan aktivitas berbicara.
Kata Kunci: Masalah.
Berbicara.
Bahasa Inggris.
Faktor Introduction Language is one of the important taken into account as very important skills systems or main communication tools that that students should acquire, the progress people use to transfer their ideas, feelings of this acquisition is measured in terms of or messages to one another because of that their achievement in spoken language.
language has an important role in human In speaking English, the teacher Without language, it is difficult for expects students to be more courageous in people to work together and interact with speaking English, such as in the ninth According (Owens language is a complex and dynamic system AucongratulationsAy conventional symbol that is used in various students to be able to express hopes and mode for thought and communication.
desires to others, and students to be able to In English, there are four skills that compose simple oral and written texts to must be mastered, they are: listening, sayand respond to expression of hope or speaking, reading, writing.
One of the most prayers and greetings, congratulation on important is speaking.
Mastering speaking happiness and achievement, taking into is the most important aspect of learning account social function, text structure, and English and success is measured in terms linguistics elements that are correct and of the ability to carry out conversations in appropriate to the contexts According This research was conducted at .
, of all the four skills .
istening, theninth grade of Sekolah Menengah Pertama speaking, reading, and writin.
speaking Negeri 1 OAoOAoU which focuses on students seems intuitively the most important:
who have problems in English, especially people who know a language are referred in speaking English in ninth grade.
Beside to as AospeakersAo of that language, as if of that, in this study the researcher selected speaking included all other kinds of ninth grade students to be research knowing and many if not most foreign participants because it was based on a language learners are primary interested in learning to speak.
observations when conducted PLP 2 with Speaking language skills that is often considered the they have experienced problems in making most important one to be mastered by conversations and the students' English speaking skills are still low.
In fact, when Since speaking skills is the researcher taught at the ninth grade of ninth grade English teachers.
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Total participans were 32 students.
"Congratulations", the researcher asked the The data collection of this research is students to have a conversation with their The Observation is one of the friends in front of the class.
Researcher most basic data collection methods.
found several problems, most of the problems faced by students in speaking English.
Itindicated that they lack of the English at the ninth grade of SMP N 1 OAooAou.
The problem obtained from the anxious, afraid of making mistakes, mis Furthermore, the factors of the pronounced English words in front of the problem obtained by interviewing the Research Method Research Findings and Discussion The data in this research were English.
Research method as the strategy or This research was conducted in SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou which is located in researcher maps out an approach to Simandraolo Subdistrict, the regency of South Nias.
According to (Sidiq & Choiri 2.
This school was established in 2002.
The qualitative research is an inquiry strategy total number of the teachers in this that emphasizes the search for meaning, school is 17 teachers.
There are 3 English understanding, concepts, characteristics, teachers who teach at this school.
symptoms, symbols or descriptions of a Moreover, the total number of the phenomenon, focused and multi-method, students is 193 students which are natural and holistic, prioritizing quality, divided into three classes such as class using several methods and presented of seventh grade, eighth grade and ninth The Village.
Simandraolo The resercher collected the data from observation and interview.
During appropriately applied in this research.
This observation the researcher used the research was conducted at the Ninth Grade observation method to analyze the of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou.
It is located in teaching and learning process in the Simandraolo Village.
OAooAou subdistrict, ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou, in South Nias Regency.
The researcher did addition the researcher conducted the the research at that school on 9th until 11 interview to the students by asking them Januari 2024.
So, it was three time the some question to make sure their researcher visited the school to do the problem in speaking English language.
The researcher chose the students the researcher interviewed the students at the ninth grade students of SMP Negeri to make sure, that they had problems in Copyright .
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SMP Negeri 1 O'o'u were not active in faced by studentsAo problems in speaking speaking English.
English language at the ninth grade of Participant or students are not even SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou The researcher found most of the The problems faced by the students at student at ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 the ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou OAooAou are not active in speaking English.
in speaking English language.
It can be seen from the observation in After conducting research, data the class, when teacher gave students collection, data analysis, researchers the opportunity to ask questions in found that students had problems in discussions, students are mostly silent studentsAo and even use Indonesian more in asking problems in speaking English at the and explaining in English class.
This is ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou.
English.
The )UrsAotheory That concern problems on didnAot talk a lot, asking questions, so that the student is participant or students are not event, unable to express what he wants to students low motivation and language is It was dominated by some not of an acceptable level in speaking studentsAo who have capability.
english as the follow:
Students low Motivation In learning process English class.
Students didnAot talk a lot most of the ninth grade students of SMP Ninth grade students at SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou do not have ambition to Negeri 1 O'oAou didn't talk much in speak English because they are lazy English class, this was proven when the about studying the material, this shows teacher asked the students to ask about that students have less motivation to the AucongratulationsAy subject that would speak English.
Also the researchers be studied that day.
However, most found that when learning English, students don't ask and even look passive students were less enthusiastic and had no motivation to study on the grounds answer question when teacher ask about that they difficult, there were a lot of assignments.
When students to make conversations about English and it was boring.
congratulations in front of the class.
Language is not of an acceptable level most students only made simple and In learning procces English class, uninteresting conversations, this shows the researcher found most of the student that most of the ninth grade students at at ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou cannot express themselves in relevant Copyright .
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language needed to express the message difficult to understand and unclear, they want to convey.
making them unable to communicate Shyness is an emotional thing that many students suffer from at the conversation in front of the class.
The sometime when they are required to speaker cannot speech clearly so it made speak in English class.
The researcher the listeners difficulties to understand found that the students are shy when what is stated.
they tried to speak English in the class.
This Shyness The factors that cause the problems because the students think that if they faced by the students at the ninth grade makes mistakes other friend will laugh of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou in speaking at her when speaking in English.
English language Students at ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 The researcher analyzed students O'o'u are too shy to speak English, this is interviewed based on JuhanasAo theory.
Juhana .
there are some factors learning classes, most students are shy that faced by the students when they about speaking English because of speaking in the class: fear of mistake, limited vocabulary, so they cannot shyness, anxiety, lack of confidance and researcher asked students "Kenapa tadi analyzed and classified the data based kamu tidak aktif didalam kelas pada on studentsAo interview result.
saat guru menjelaskan materi tentang The Fear of mistake congratulation?Ay and students say Most ninth grade students at SMP "Saya tidak aktif karena, saya tidak biasa Negeri 1 O'o'u have a fear of making berbicara bahasa inggris dengan benar, mistakes when speaking English, it was pronounciation saya buruk, jadi saya found when researcher asked students malu jika saya bertanya kepada guru, "Kenapa kamu takut berbicara bahasa inggris pada saat guru bertanya kepada kamu? and students say "Saya tidak interviews, most of the English students dapat berbicara bahasa Inggris dengan feel shy when speaking the language baik, jadi saya takut guru tidak akan because they think they will make paham dengan apa yang saya maksud.
Ay mistakes when speaking it.
Based on interviews, students are afraid sirAy.
teman-teman Based Anxiety of making mistakes in speaking English Anxiety is one of the problems that can and spend a lot of time looking for the causes students do not feel comfortable when speaking English.
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O'o'u have difficulty in compiling the anxious about speaking English, this is structure of English sentences.
Lack of Motivation speaking English, it was found when researcher asked students AuTadi, kamu motivation influences the success of speaking performance.
Students at ninth menjawab pertanyaan yang diberikan grade of SMP Negeri 1 O'o'u tidak menjawab?Ay and students say "Saya bahasa inggris, they are lazy to learn cemas dan gugup sir, karena tidak English, it was found when researcher asked students "Kenapa kamu tidak diberikan guruAy.
Based on interviews, tertarik belajar materi Congratulation?" Students at ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 O'o'u not interested in learning English motivasi untuk belajar bahasa inggris, so students have poor comprehension in saya tidak suka mata pelajaran bahasa learning English.
inggrisAy.
Based on interviews.
Students Lack of Confidence at ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 O'o'u Ausaya Students who lack self-confidence and have low motivation so students have their English is definitely impaired in lazy to learn speaking English.
communication arrest.
Students at ninth For the discussion, this research grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou lack was conducted to find out the studentsAo confidence in speaking English, this is problem in speaking English at the ninth caused by incorrect grammar so that grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou.
The data communication cannot be understood well by listeners, it was found when interview to determine the factors that cause studentsAo problem in speaking "Kenapa kamu kurang percaya diri English at the ninth grade of SMP berbicara bahasa inggris ketika guru Negeri 1 OAooAou.
Based on the result of the analysis, the researcher found that tentang materi yang dibahas?" student most the ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 say AuSaya tidak percaya diri karena OAooAou penyusunan kata saya tidak baik, jadi successful speaking activitiesin English.
teman-teman dan guru tidak paham This finding is in accordance with Ur .
explains some characteristics of successful speaking activities which Students at ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 include learners talk a lot, participant is sampaikanAy.
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no motivation to study on the grounds that they English characteristics of succesfull speaking difficult, there were a lot of assignments, and it was boring.
The first is students didnAot talk a The last is language is not of an lot, which refers to studentsAo are not acceptable level, which refers to the active in the classroom.
It is related in language spoken by students can not be the observation at the ninth grade of accepted by their teacher or friends.
It is SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou, where most of the related in the observation at the ninth students didn't talk much in English grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou, cannot class, and students don't ask and even express themselves in relevant speech, look passive and the students also students use language that is difficult to understand and unclear, making them teacher ask about the material.
The From the result of the problem in students are not even, which refers to speaking above, there are source factors students do not have a opportunity to causes students made the problem in answer the questions.
It is related in the speaking English based on Juhana observation at the ninth grade of SMP .
, there are some psychological Negeri 1 OAooAou , where most of the factors that faced by the students when students are not active in speaking they speaking in the class such as.
English, when teacher gave students the of mistake, shyness, anxiety, lack of confidence and lack of motivation.
unable to communicate properly.
discussions, students are mostly silent The first factor is fear of mistake.
and even use Indonesian more in asking Most of students have a fear of making and explaining in English class.
mistakes when speaking English, the The students afraid of being criticized by the motivation, which refers to studentsAo do teacher and being laughed at by my not have ambitious to speak because the material provided is very difficult to The second factor is shyness.
The It is in the observation at students are too shy to speak English, the ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou, this is one of the problems in speaking not have ambition to speak English learning classes, most students are shy because they are lazy about studying the about speaking English because of material, this shows that students have limited vocabulary, so they cannot speak well.
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The researcher draws the conclusion based English, on the result of analyzing data.
The comprehension in speaking English, even though the students have prepared suggestions for teaching and learning their self well for language class, they process in reading sessions.
are still feel anxious because of it.
The researcher was found the confused about the meaning of words problem faced by studentsAo in speaking and sentences and inability to connect English, which have been classified ideas in a passage.
based on their categories, the researcher The found students problem is students The students lack confidence didnAot talk a lot, participant or students in speaking English, this is caused by are not even, students low motivation, and language is not of an acceptable communication cannot be understood From the result of data, the well by listeners.
researcher found five factors of causing The last is lack of motivation.
The studentsAo students have no motivation to speak English, such as fear of mistake, shyness.
English, they prefer to use their first anxiety, lack of confidence and lack of language (Mother-Tongu.
when the teacher asks them to speak English.
After motivation was reduced.
The researcher hope this Conclusion And suggestion would give a new idea and Suggestion reference to another researcher.
Those After analyzing the result of the suggestion related to result of this studentsAo problem and the factors that research especially for English teacher, causes faced by studentsAo problem at the for students and for the next researcher.
ninth grade of SMP Negeri 1 OAooAou in English, should always guide the studentsAo productive skills and the ability the speaking activity by always giving ability to express the communication with other.
Because the main of purpose students to often speak by using of speaking is to communicate in order English language in daily activity so to express thoughts effectively, it being students can feel confident when speaking English.
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