Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Speaking Performance Mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris

Author(s):  
Endang Setiyo Astuti

Speaking skill is one of the most important skill to teach for English department students. Most activities in speaking class are oral presentations, however, there are many students who admitted to have obstacles on speaking performance. The main aim of this study was to find out the factors influencing students’ speaking performance in speaking class, furthermore, it was also to know what difficulties faced by the students of English department at IKIP Budi Utomo Malang. This study applied the descriptive qualitative method which describes the findings and the result of the study qualitatively. The data were collected by using observation, questionnaire, and documentation. This analysis found that both linguistics and non linguistics aspects influenced students’ speaking performance. The linguistics aspect includes vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar while the non-linguistic aspect covers confidence, anxiety, and topical knowledge.  

Akademika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 301-313
Author(s):  
Chusnul Chotimah ◽  
Nurul Hasanah Fajaria

The goal of this study is to find out to what extent the Use of Vokoscreen as a Learning Video on students’ speaking skill in E-Learning at SMP Yapidh district Jati Asih. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The participants are 35 students on grade IX at SMP Yapidh. These students are chosen because they would have practical examination. The instruments are observation and interview. The result showed that the most students answered paid attention to the researchers’ explanation, they used vokoscreen application well, they joined actively in learning activity, they made an interesting presentation based on a topic, felt happy using vokoscreen as a learning video, and more confident in speaking English activity. Only a few students could not maximal in this learning because their internet connection and some private problems. The interview result showed that all students said positive answer about their opinion used vokoscreen application on speaking activity. There are 35 participants answered “like” and 2 participants answered dislike. Based on the results of this investigate could conclude that the foremost students on grade nineth at SMPIT Yapidh are propelled and appreciated on speaking activity in e-learning using vokoscreen  as learning video, in reality the result of this inquire about demonstrated that the students more certainty and incremen their briefly speaking English.


Author(s):  
Ahmad Shah Qasemi

This study aims to recognize the problems that students of English department face when they speak English. To achieve the objective of the investigation a quantitative research was designed. A questionnaire was used as the main data collection tool. The findings of the study showed that majority of the students have a positive perception about importance and necessity of speaking skill. According to the findings most of the students do not have the opportunity of practicing English speaking out of the class. Moreover, dissimilarity in English education background of the students are another challenge which is recognized in outcome of the study. Furthermore, the findings showed that most of the students feel motivated and confident in speaking performance. Moreover, the findings also revealed that the teachers have significant role for motivating the students in speaking performance. To sum up, the result exposed that students are appreciated and praised when they perform a speaking task efficiently.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 433
Author(s):  
Sabila Nur Risma

Speaking is one of the productive skills that should be learned and mastered by English learners which gives them the ability to communicate effectively in this global world. However, most learners face difficulties in learning English, especially in mastering speaking skills. The lack of motivation in learning English is the most common problem faced by learners. With the development of technology, employing Zoom Application in learning English is recommended for fun and exciting learning. This research aims to analyze how applying Zoom Application can improve English learners’ motivation to speak in English. The descriptive qualitative method is used in this research and to gain the data, the researcher used some instruments, there are questionnaires and interviews, which were carried out to 30 learners in English Zoom Club as subjects of the research. The result of this research suggested that applying Zoom Application is very interesting since it provides such motivating and stimulating activities for English learners. Moreover, using Zoom Application make English learners have an appropriate platform and new friends to practice improving their speaking skill at the same time. Keywords:  Speaking Skill, Motivation in Language Learning, Zoom Application  


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
Hijrah Hijrah ◽  
Nurul Hikmah Umar

This study aims to find out students’ perception of English meeting club to support their speaking skill. English meeting club was a club or group of humans with common ambitions or interests in English. This study focused on the students’ perception of English meeting club to support their speaking skill. The subject of this study are 10 students of English department as participants. This study used a qualitative method, this study used interview as research instrument. The result of interviews, the majority of the students had positive perception about joined in English club. The student absolutely believes if English club could support them to speak English fluently. The student also had a perception through an English meeting club as a media to develop skills particularly in speaking, it could be one of the alternatives for those who need to learn and practice more about how to speak English well and it can also enhance their ability to speak English fluently.


TheGIST ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deina Dewi Puspita ◽  
Ria Nirwana ◽  
Fourus Huznatul Abqoriyyah

In this research, the researcher analyzed three components of semiotics as well as connotative and denotative meanings in iPhone advertisements. This analysis is related to the meaning or meaning of the print ads of some types of iPhone and the use of the language meaning in  the headline which is an important component in advertising. The language in the ads is used as a means of communicating between ads with buyers. These ads convey messages through language so that language should be made as attractive as possible to attract the attention of consumers. Researchers used twenty-five iPhone ads (first generation iPhone to iPhone X) as research objects analyzed using the semiotics theory of Pierce and Barthes and  advertising theory as a supporting theory. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. There are several steps of analysis performed: finding representament, object and interpretant of advertisement and explaining and determining the meaning of the sign used from the headline of each advertisement also find out how semiotic is used as a tool to convey the message of the advertisement. The analysis results show that the representament obtained from a headline words, logo and some picture which help ads to show the iPhone. An object described from the color of display, brightness also the background of the online ads itself and then interpretant is the relation between representament-object. From the headline found connotative sign contain the primacy from step, revolution, dimension that Apple’s company passed. While the denotation shows the privilege from specification, price, features which gave benefit people must choose and purchase the Apple product.


Author(s):  
Devi Siti Sihatul Afiah

The  goals  of  this  research  were: (1) To analyze the students’ mistakes  in speaking skill; (2) To find out the difficulties of local topics in speaking. This  research  used  the  descrivtif  qualitative  method.  The  writer  described  and analyzed the students’ errors in speaking skill  and  the  difficulties  used  the  local materials. The research was carried out at the first year students of english department in 2015/2016 academic year. it was strated from Februari to May 2016. The population was  the  first  semester  students  of  english  department  in  academic  year  of  2015/2016. The number of population was 27 students. The results of this research were: (1) lots of students were able to speak well and few of them were still lack (2) Some of students felt difficult to use some words of local tpoics in speaking


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Sry Wahyuni

This research was aimed to describe the expression that the students used in talking to others to show their politeness in doing discussion in the classroom, but not in learning environment. The researcher applied descriptive qualitative method and used recording as the only instrument. The participant of this research was the second grade student of Senior High School in SMAN 5 Barru which consisted of 21 students. The result of this research showed that there were many factors influencing the students’ politeness in communication such as situation, status, age, culture, gender, and so on. And there were two common ways that the students used in expressing their politeness which was questioning and commanding.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-390
Author(s):  
Yunie Amalia Rakhmyta ◽  
Rusmiati

Idiomatic expressions are expressions whose meanings cannot be derived from their literal meaning. Thus, it is viewed as a challenging part for EFL learners in either understanding or practicing them. However, using them in oral spoken adequately signifies that someone is a proficient English user. This research is carried out to depict the learner's application of idiomatic expressions in spoken English. It is performed to address the accompanying examination questions: (1) Do EFL learners of the English Department in IAIN Takengon use idiomatic expressions in speaking? (2) What type of idioms do they produce in speaking? (3) What is the most frequently used idiom type in their speaking?. 20 students' recordings were collected and analyzed using the descriptive qualitative method. The result shows that the learners use idiomatic expressions. The learners produced only three types of idiomatic expressions, namely phrasal verb idiom, tournures idiom, and irreversible compound idiom. Of all, phrasal verb idiom is the most frequently used. It is suggested that the learners are encouraged to be exposed to English more often to apply more idiomatic expressions in their speaking.


Author(s):  
Imanuel Kamlasi

<p>The use of preposition of place in speaking performance still becomes problems for students. Therefore; it is important to evaluate the students’ ability in using preposition of place. This research aimed at evaluating the students’ ability and describing the problems faced by students in using prepositions of place in speaking performance.</p><p>The descriptive qualitative method was applied in this research. The instrument of this research was an oral test. To get the data, the researcher used Tape Video Recorder (TVR). There were 25 participants of the first semester students of English study program of Timor University chosen randomly as the sample in this research. There were four steps used in analyzing the data, namely transcribing, codifying, analyzing and describing.</p><p>The results of the research showed that five students passed and nineteen students failed in the test. The highest score was 80,95 and the lowest score was 31. There was one student categorized as very good; two students were categorized as good; three students were categorized as enough; eleven students were categorized poor and seven students were categorized as very poor. For the kind of preposition; the highest percentage was IN which was 67,53%. Then it was followed by ON which was 57,32%. The preposition BEHIND made 55,51% which was higher than NEAR/CLOSE which was 51,56% but it is lower than IN FRONT OF which was 56,57%. The preposition UNDER was 48,39% which was higher than AT. The lowest percentage was preposition AT which was 47,94%.. The students’ average score was 54,60. Therefore the students’ level of ability was categorized as poor. This means that the students failed in using prepositions of place in speaking performance.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
Khanh Cong Ly

It has been commonly recognized that many Vietnamese students encounter difficulties in communicating and speaking the English language. This study aims to explore the problems influencing university students’ performance in learning English speaking skills. The author carried out this research by surveying 178 English-majored freshmen at Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry. The findings from the analyzed quantitative data revealed that the respondents’ difficulties mainly came from internal factors. The internal factors were categorized into five main aspects: overuse of L1, weak listening and pronunciation, lack of topical knowledge and ideas, shyness and nervousness, and fear of mistakes and criticism. Some other external factors having less impact on the students’ speaking performance involved practicing time, the content of the topics, IELTS-oriented speaking tests, and lecturers’ support. This study was expected to help students overcome their internal problems and suggest some recommendations to minimize the undesirable effects of negative factors.


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