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A STUDY ON THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THAI STUDENTS IN

LEARNING ENGLISH SPEAKING AT BOARDING HOUSE

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Bachelor Degree in English Education

By

LUKMAN HAKIM

201010100311326

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2015

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This thesis written by Lukman Hakim was approved on August 24th 2015

By:

Advisor II, Advisor I,

Rahmawati Khadijah Maro, S.Pd, M.PEd Dian Arsitades, M.Pd

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This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher

Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang

And accepted as one of the requirements to achieve

Bachelor Degree in English Education

on September 3rd, 2015

Approved by:

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

University of Muhammadiyah Malang

Dean,

Dr. Poncojari Wahyono, M.Kes

Examiners: Signatures:

1. Dr. Sri Hartiningsih, M.M 1………………………...

2. Laela Hikmah N, S.Pd, M.A 2………………………...

3. Dian Arsitades, M.Pd 3. ……………………….

4. Rahmawati Khadijah Maro, S.Pd, M.PEd 4. ……………………….

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ORIGINALITY DECLARATION

The undersigned:

Name : Lukman Hakim

Student ID number : 201010100311326

Program of Study : English Department

Faculty : Faculty of Teacher Training and Education

I declare that the work presented in this thesis was carried out by myself and does not

incorporate without acknowledgement any material previously submitted for a degree

or diploma in any university. To the best of my knowledge this thesis does not

contain any materials previously publish or written by another person except where

due reference is made in text.

Malang, September 3rd, 2015

Lukman Hakim

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MOTTO

“The future is belongs to those who beleive in their competence and

beauty dreams”

I dedicated this thesis to:

My beloved mother and father,

And all of my friends.

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ABSTRACT

A STUDY ON THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THAI STUDENTS IN

LEARNING ENGLISH SPEAKING AT BOARDING HOUSE

Speaking is the verval use of language to communicate with each others and one of

productive skills that should be mastered by learner in learning English, because it covers

many elements such as grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, etc. In relation to that

reason, the writer conducted a study about the problems faced by Thai students in learning

English at boarding house.

This study is focused to answer these three following research problems: First, what

problems are faced by Thai students in learning speaking? Second, what are the causes of the

problems are faced by Thai students? Third, how do the Thai students cope with their

problems in learning English speaking?

The research design used in this study was descritive qualitative research design, the

data were obtained through the interview and observation. The research involved 4 Thai

students where now in the last semester as the subject of this study.

The result of the research showed that the Thai students had problems in relation

with inhibition, nothing to say, mother tongue used, low or uneven in participation, and

speech act. Furthermore, the result of this study also followed with the solution of the

problems. The problems of inhibition was coped by being well prepared. The problem of

nothing to say was coped by drilling themselves creatively. The problem of mother tongue

use was coped by having more confidence to speak English.The problem of low or uneven in

participation was coped by memoryzing more vocabularies and studied about tenses in order

to make their speaking better. Last, to cope with the speech act problems they tried to

remembered, practiced new vocabularies and drilling their pronunciation and studied more

about grammar.

Key words: Problem, Learning, Speaking

Malang, September 3rd, 2015

Advisor The writer

Dian Arsitades, M.Pd Lukman Hakim

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

In the name of Allah SWT who has given us mercy, all praises be to Allah

SWT the almighty for the blessing given to the writer during his study and in

completing this thesis. May Allah’s peace and blessing be upon the holy prophet

Muhammad SAW.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dian Arsitades, M.Pd as my

first advisor for giving me guidance and help to finish this thesis. I would like to

extend my sincere thanks to Rahmawati Khadijah Maro, S.Pd, M.PEd as my second

advisor for his patience and suggestion. My special thanks also to all lecturers in

English Department, thank you for helping and kindness.

My special thanks to my beloved father and mother who always support and

pray the best for me. Thanks also to all of my friends at English Department 2010

especially class F.

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Malang, September 3rd, 2015

Lukman Hakim

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ................................................................................................. i

LEGALIZATION ........................................................................................ ii

ORIGINALITY DECLARATION ............................................................. iii

MOTTO AND DEDICATION .................................................................... iv

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................. v

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................... vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. vii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................ 1

1.2 Problem of the Study ...................................................................... 3

1.3 Purposes of the Study ..................................................................... 3

1.4 Scope and limitation..................................................................4

1.5 Significance of of the Study ........................................................... 4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms ................................................................. 4

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 Definition of Speaking .................................................................... 6

2.2 Types of Speaking act ..................................................................... 6

2.3 Speaking Difficulties ...................................................................... 7

2.4 Components of speech act .............................................................. 8

2.5 Some Possible solutions to problems in speaking .......................... 9

2.5.1 Solutions for students .............................................................. 9

2.5.2 Solutions from the teacher or lecturer ..................................... 11

2.7 Concept of learning speaking ......................................................... 12

2.8 The Importance of speaking skill ................................................... 13

2.9 Characteristic of succesfull speaking activity ................................ 14

2.10 Macro and Micro skills in speaking ............................................. 15

2.10.1 Micro skills ........................................................................... 15

2.10.2 Macro skills .......................................................................... 16

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CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD

3.1 Research Design ............................................................................. 18

3.2 Research Subjects ........................................................................... 19

3.3 Research Instrument.................................................................19

3.3.1 Observation……………………………………………........21

3.3.2 Interview………………………………………………….....21

3.4 Data Collection ............................................................................... .21

3.4 Data Analysis .................................................................................. .22

CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION

4.1 Research Findings ........................................................................... 23

4.1.1 The problems of learning English Speaking......................... 25

4.1.2 Causes of the problem..........……………………….............25

4.1.3 The Solutions of the Problems ............................................... 28

4.2 Discussion ....................................................................................... 29

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusion ...................................................................................... 32

5.1.1 The problems of learning speaking .......................................... 32

5.1.2 The causes of the problems ...................................................... 33

5.1.3 The students’ strategies to cope with the problems .................. 33

5.2 Suggestions ..................................................................................... 34

5.2.1 Suggestion for English teacher or lecturers .............................. 33

5.2.2 Suggestion for the students ....................................................... 33

5.2.3 Suggestion for further researcher.............................................. 33

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