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Problems and Difficulties of Speaking That Encounter English Language Students at Al Quds Open University
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Mustafa Karademir
Language is a system for communication. To practice speaking is a vital part of English lessons in schools today. Therefore, it can be easily defined that communication skills are a big part of learning a language. Most of the students get excited while speaking English and fear of being laughed at in front of their friends because of mistakes in pronunciation. The purpose of this study is to determine the speaking problems of the students who study English Language and Literature at Karadeniz Technical University and to find solutions for the students who have difficulties in speaking.27 male and 73 female preparatory class students participated in the study with 23 questions. Keywords: EFL students, speaking problems, listening, speaking, self-confidence, anxiety
Adam Abubakar
This research aims at elaborating in details the difficulties and problems that face students who learn English language as second language at the language centers and institutions mainly inside Nyala town, it speaks about the difficulties they encounter when they are communicating (Speaking). Speaking English is always a real challenge to the students in these educational institutions. Through this study, we try to answer some of these questions and give solutions to some of these problems. Normally in our classes, we pay less attention to speaking, more or less we concentrate on writing and listening, in some cases the teachers are bind by the fact that they must fulfil their obligation in finishing the syllabus in the fixed period of time during the school year cycle, that is why more attention is given to other skills in the class than speaking skill.
Lingua Didaktika: Jurnal Bahasa dan Pembelajaran Bahasa
Hendra Heriansyah
This paper discusses the difficulties and causes perceived by English Department students of Syiah Kuala University in learning speaking and the efforts made by them to overcome their difficulties. From both observation and interview, this study reveals that all students encountered various difficulties in English speaking ability. The prevalent problem faced by the students was ‘lack of vocabulary’, while ‘being afraid of making mistakes’ was the prime cause of problem which hindered them to speak. The students had striven to cope with their problems in learning speaking, but their attempts had not been yet ample and successful.
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Besse Utami Khaerunnisa
The problem in this research is what are the students’ problems in speaking English in the Speaking for beginner class by the second semester ? This research aims to to find out the students’ problems in speaking English in the Speaking for beginner class by the second semester.. This research will be used a qualitative method in the type of descriptive. The subject in this research is the second semester students of English Education Department. The total subject is 10 students which have low score in speaking subject. The purposive sampling technique will be applied in this research. In collecting data will be used interview and field notes. Keywords: Speaking, Speaking problems.
Olyvia Revalita Candraloka
This study is aimed at investigating the students’ ability, the problems of why they faced problems on English speaking. The triangulation of mixed methods was used in this study to show and measure the speaking difficulties encountered by students of 7 th grade Junior High School at MTS N 2 Kudus. The quantitative data gathered from the speaking test result in by involving 31 students of MTSN 2 Kudus and the qualitative data gathered from the questionnaire and interview results from the selected students who meet criteria. The findings showed that the students’ ability was categorized difficulties in speaking English (26.009); the students have problems on vocabulary (100%), pronunciation (100%), grammar (83.9%), and fluency (96.7%). The causes of problems faced by students on English speaking that English were not only having limited knowledge on the components of speaking skills including vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and fluency but also they have their own personal reaso...
Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics , yuri feo
Learning English ideally consists of four skills. They are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. All of them are interrelated from one another. Someone who masters four skills of English will be able to communicate in oral or written easily. In fact, speaking English is not easy. Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing, receiving, and processing information. In this study, the researcher was interested in describing the problems in speaking faced by fourth semester students of English Department at Mulawarman University. Descriptive qualitative research was used as design of this study. The sample of this research consists of 24 students in the fourth semester. The data were obtained through the speaking test and questionnaire. Based on the speaking test and questionnaire, the students faced some problems related to pronunciation, fluency, grammar, and vocabulary. The questionnaire also showed additional findings where students faced other problems, namely not having self-confidence, shyness to speak, being afraid of making mistakes, feeling nervous, and having nothing to say. Next, there are some factors resulting problems of speaking to the students, firstly less of reading habit, uneven participation and English practice both inside and outside the classroom, and confusion on applying grammar rules.
International Journal of Language , Literature , Culture and History Studies
Shiva Khatoony
Speaking skill is considered as a challenging skill for all language learners, especially non-native EFL learners. Non-native language learners, specifically, university level students, experience many difficulties and weaknesses in way of developing or improving speaking skill. According to the importance of speaking in means of communication and improving the related issues in spoken language, the present study reviewed twenty applied linguistics papers related to the speaking skill in order to classify and find problematic parts among university students. In other words, twenty papers which are related to the speaking difficulties and weaknesses were reviewed the university level students (applied linguistics students in Iran) in particular to enrich the review of article. According to previous studies, these applied linguistic learners (as EFL learner) can have problem in linguistic variables such as grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and intonation; psycholinguistic variables like anxiety, self-confidence, and shyness, and also sociolinguistics variables such as culture, identity or sense of agency and etc. Moreover, educational related problems such as insufficient courses and lack of teachers' proficiency can put the learners in trouble. The main findings of this study can create a path toward improving and solving the difficulties and problems in speaking related issues in language studies.
English Education : English Journal for Teaching and Learning
Ina Daril Hanna
This study was purposed to describe the difficulties in linguistics faced by the students in studying Speaking and the ways taken by the lecturer in solving the students’ linguistics difficulties in studying Speaking at English Education Department of Universitas Islam Madura.The research design was descriptive and the subject of the study was fourth semester students and Speaking Lecturer of English Education Department. The data were collected by observing the Speaking lecturer and interviewing the six students and speaking lecturer. They were analyzed descriptively. The finding showed that the materials used in teaching speaking are Describing Object, Simple present and Vocabulary. Meanwhile, the strategies which are used by the lecturer are lecturing, individual task, group discussion, students’ performance and role play. The Speaking lecturer had some ways to solve the linguistic difficulties by making the class attractive, giving more detailed explanation and some exercises, g...
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Jurnal Serunai Bahasa Inggris
This paper is purposed to find out the problems in speaking skills for English department student in STKIP Budidaya – Binjai. The speaking skill is the last position to cover up the four skills in English because speaking is the improving your ability to use four skills in English. Speaking needs some stimulation to attract the students speaks their ideas, opinion, or comments about something. The sample of the study is the third students in English department student, it is around 28 students. The data are collected through document by sound recording. The data analyzed by using the technique of analyze data. The result of the study is that it concludes that first question “What is the problem of speaking?” 10 students (35,71%) respond less of confident and 10 students (35,71%) respond less of vocabulary. The second question “How the ways do you practice your speaking skill?” 10 students (35,71%) respond watching movie. The third question “Do you agree that speaking is the most dif...
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An Analysis Of Students' Difficulties In Speaking English And How To Fix It. Author. Salma Arsyi Nurani. [email protected]. Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), Surabaya ...
The purpose of this study is to find out the causes of students' difficulties in speaking English. This research uses descriptive quantitative method. In collecting data, the researcher used a closed questionnaire and also a Liker scale to determine the factors that cause students' difficulties in speaking. Data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 30 students of class ...
Challenges Faced by Bachelor Level Students while Speaking English 6Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics ... and assessment systems that is exam papers are in English language. They ... 2.1 English Language Learning Difficulties English language teaching and learning in non-English speaking countries is a ...
success to master the English language in an academic setting. As a case study, this study was carried out to gain insights into the 'struggles' of the struggling English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Ten students were selected from those with the 20th least percentile in their English language courses. Observation of and
The result of this research shows that the students‟ difficulties in speaking English especially in introducing themselves are: (a) the student‟s low vocabulary mastery; (b) the students had difficulties in pronouncing certain words; (c) the students were still confused in arranging words; (d) the students were often afraid in speaking English.
Even though there has been a wide range of research on students' English-speaking issues, there has been little research on concerns associated with perceived difficulties in speaking, particularly in post-pandemic. This study aims to investigate the difficulties experienced by EFL students in speaking. The method used is exploratory sequential mixed methods in which qualitative data support ...
Several factors contribute to students' inability to speak a foreign language fluently. Some of these factors were mentioned by Zarrinabadi et al., (2014) including an unpleasant class atmosphere, unfamiliar topics, too many students, and peers who did not encourage utilizing English inside or outside of the classroom.
students' difficulties in learning English through voice note technology. The method used in this research is qualitative using a descriptive approach. Data were obtained through observation and interviews related to students' problems and obstacles in speaking skills using voice notes. The data were analysed in a descriptive way
This research aimed at studying the student's problems in speaking English daily language program at Husnul Khotimah Islamic Boarding School. This study tried to find the students' problems, the factors, and the strategies to overcome with the problems in speaking English daily language of Husnul Khotimah Islamic Boarding School.
The purpose of English language education is to provide students with the capabilities to understand the language in appropriate way and to have good ability in written and oral (Richard, 2008). If students are not able to speak English fluently and clearly, this purpose will be hard to achieve. So, it is essential to study this phenomenon in order to discover if students actually have ...
the students to speak English frequently, and he suggested carrying out more researches and studies regarding speaking difficulties encountered by English language students. I. INTRODUCTION Since English is a foreign language in our country, most students especially senior high school students are not familiar with it (Hetrakul, 1995). Kavin ...
Keywords : Speaking English, Difficulties Introduction Students at English major must master English in both written and oral communication, because the aim of English language education is to provide students with the capabilities to understand the language and the ability to both write and speak it (Richard, 2008).
difficult for them. So regardless the students' difficulties in speaking English, another mission they should complete is finding some strategies to overcome those difficulties. Regarding the issue of difficulties in speaking English among the students, some studies had been conducted. Khan (2005) conducted a study to investigate
Based on the researcher‟s experience, there are many difficulties that students of English Education Department of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta face when speaking English. Student has own difficulties in speaking English, such as difficult to pronounce English words, fear of committing mistake, difficult to understand different in
The objective of this study was to find out students difficulties in speaking English and the causes of the students difficulties in speaking English. The research design was descriptive qualitative method. In collecting the data , observation and interview were used. The subject of the study was the second grade students of MTsN 1 Bungo.
focuses on the causes of student difficulty in speaking English. Students in the second grade of MTsN 1 Bungo still struggle with speaking English, as explained above. This research aims to identify students' English speaking issues. The researcher titled the research "Students' English speaking difficulties in second grade at MTsN 1 Bungo."
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Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. Speaking Problems in English and Solutions: Scrutinizing Students' Perspective ... In response to item 26 (Varieties of activities can encourage the students to speak in English in front of the audience.) 45.28% agreed, and 35.66% of participants strongly agreed to it, while ...
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.
This study was purposed to describe the difficulties in linguistics faced by the students in studying Speaking and the ways taken by the lecturer in solving the students' linguistics difficulties in studying Speaking at English Education Department of Universitas Islam Madura.The research design was descriptive and the subject of the study ...
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This research paper aims to investigate the various factors that contribute to the difficulties faced by teachers in effectively teaching the speaking skill in English in a secondary school ...
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