Abstract
This study investigated the students’ ability, the problems and their reasons why they faced problems on English speaking. The triangulation of mixed methods was used in this study. The quantitative data gathered from the speaking test result by involving 130 students of Islamic Boarding School Program and the qualitative data gathered from the questionnaire and interview results from the selected students who meet the criteria. The findings showed that the students’ ability was categorized low (62.93); the students have problems on grammar (42.20%), pronunciation (36.60%), vocabulary (35.20%), fluency (36%) and comprehension (34.40%); the students’ reason in facing the problems on English speaking English were not only having limited knowledge on the components of speaking skills including pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension but also they have own personal reasons, such as shy to perform speaking, lack of self confidence, lack of speaking practice, limited time given for preparation on English speaking test, the difficulties at using and understanding the speaking material found in the English textbook, the environment (dormitory) did not support them to acquire and use English as a medium daily interaction and they preferred to study the Islamic knowledge and Arabic than English. This study indicated that the students’ ability should be increased by giving motivation and taught them with the suitable and interested English speaking materials.
Highlights
This study investigated the students’ ability, the problems and their reasons why they faced problems on English speaking
English speaking is the dominant language spoken by many people around the world in both of oral and written, because it is the lingua franca used for international communication to the all aspects of human life such as economic, culture, business, politic, administration, science and academia
This study was hoped to give the contribution and reflection of English teaching especially speaking skill at Islamic Boarding School Program of Islamic Institution based on the students problems faced
Summary
The questionnaire was administrated and piloted to the 10 students who were not included in this study in order to get the feedback whether the instructions and the wording questions can be understood by the research participants Their questions covered on the students’ problems and their reasons in English speaking. The research participants were 130 students randomly selected from the students of Islamic Boarding School Program of STAIN Samarinda They were asked to perform the speaking test based on the free and determined topics given. The 15 students who were research participants and meet the criteria were selected to fulfill the questionnaire and to follow the interview in order to explore their problems and reasons on English speaking. The description of the students’ speaking score can be seen the following table:
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