An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Speaking English at Eleventh Grade of SMK Buddhist Manjusri

Abstract

This research is aimed to find out students’ difficulties in speaking English at Eleventh grade of SMK Buddhist Manjusri. This research is tried to find the students’ difficulties in speaking English, the cause of students’ difficulties in speaking English, and the solution of students’ difficulties in speaking English. This research was used qualitative method. The data collection methods used are observation, interviews, and questionnaire. The data analysis technique is qualitative, namely data reduction, Data Display, and Conclusion Drawing / Verification drawing conclusion. The data collected from the observation, interview, questionnaire and documentation. The questionnaire used Linkert Scale that consists of 15 questions. The result of this research showed that the most from respondent have difficulties in speaking English. The students have difficulties in: (1) vocabulary, (2) Confused the right word, (3) lack of grammar, (4) difficult to memorize vocabulary, (5) afraid to speak, and (6) not confidence. Furthermore, the cause of students’ difficulties of the research that happened are: the lack of vocabulary, lack of motivation, shyness, anxiety, and afraid making mistakes. The researcher found the solution of students difficulties in speaking English, namely the students needed to create innovative and new strategies from the teacher when teach and Teaching speaking English