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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
I.1 The Background of the Research
English is one of important subjects taught to the students of the university
besides the other primary subject. English is important because it is an international
language. If the students master English, they will be easier to communicate with the
other people from the other countries and to get the science written in English.
Learning a language is not a matter acquiring a set of rules and building up a
large vocabulary. The teacher's effort should not be directed at informing his students
about a language, but at enabling them to use it. A student's mastery of a language is
ultimately measured by how well he can use it, not how much he know about it. In
this respect, learning a language has much in common with learning a musical
instrument. These drills and exercises are to enable him become a skilled performer.
In Indonesia, the department of education has been long introducing English
as the first foreign language to be taught at school. The language is introduced as a
compulsory subject, first at junior high school and continued to senior high school.
Since several years ago, we can also find English taught at elementary school. It is
hope that students will have higher competency of English at the end of their
education. Yet, this expectation still cannot be seen up to now. The final goal of
English teaching and learning has not been reach yet.
Learning English usually involves the four language skills, which support it
other. The skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing. Those skills can be
divided into categories. It is known as an active skills and passive skills. Active skill
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consists of speaking reading. Passive skill consists of listening and writing. In this
opportunity would like to focus her description on active skill that is speaking. Based
on the word, speak mean make use of language in normal way not a singing.
According to Hornby, Et. Al (1963: 964), speak is convey ideas and known and able
to use the language to express one's view in one's own way.
Speaking is an important skill that has to be mastered by the student at the
English Department of the faculty of teacher training and education. In the teaching
curriculum of English department, it is stated that speaking IV course is the
continuity of speaking course in the previous semester. It is also the last speaking
course in English department. This course is focused on the methodology and
technique of teaching speaking. Meanwhile, the communication skill will improve
and increase itself at the same time while the application of teaching method and
technique is given (English Department Curriculum for Speaking IV).
Speaking is one of the main subjects which must be taken by the student from
the first semester through the fourth semester (speaking I, II, III and IV). The
students are hoped that they can interact and express their opinion in the spoken
form. To reach this goal successfully the students master the language well by doing
a lot and regular practice.
Many people thought that speaking in a new language is harder than reading,
writing or listening for two reasons. First, unlike reading or writing, speaking
happens in real time: usually the person we are talking to is walking for use to speak
right. Second, when we speak we cannot edit and revise what we wish to say, as we
can if we are writing.
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Speaking is one of the most difficult aspects for students to master (Pollard:
2008:33). Sometimes, we wish to say something, but it is impossible to do that if we
do not have the words or the grammatical structure to say it. People talk to
communicate, that is to express their ideas, to get good and service to influence
people, to convey meaning and to enjoy the conversation of other immediately.
To master speaking, it is needed the ability to read English, to have a mastery
of basic grammar, know much vocabulary in English and have to performance the
language. We see a reality of the performance of the students of English department
which is considered unsatisfactory. They do not use language actively and
productively in and outside classroom. It is still hard for them to use English as a
mean of communication in classroom, university yard and other part of university. In
fact we rarely find the students of English department chatting in English with their
friends, teachers and other member of English department community.
The writer means that the students of English Department of Almuslim
University face difficulty in speaking English. The writer is interested in doing the
research on The Problems faced by the Students of English Department of Almuslim
University in speaking.
I.2 The Problem of Research
The problems of this research activity are as follow:
1. What are the real problems faced by the students of English Department of
Almuslim University in speaking English?
2. Why do many students of Almuslim University face the difficulty in speaking
English?
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I.3 The Purpose of Research
The purposes of the research are to know:
1. To know the problems faced by the students of Almuslim university (English
Department) in speaking English.
2. To know the cause of difficulties faced by the students in speaking English.
I.4 The Hypothesis of Research
The basic hypothesis in this research are as follows :
1. The students of English department in almuslim university face several
problem in speaking English such as lack of vocabulary grammar or structure and
self-confidence.
2. Most of students have no interest in speaking English and they have a little
time in speaking English.
I.5 Scope of Research
It is always necessary to arrow down the object one is going to study, so she
is going to cover the whole aspects of English Department of Almuslim University in
speaking English.
I.6 The Significance of Research
This study is targeted toward investigating the mastery and the achievement
of speaking. To know what extend the student of Almuslim master speaking English.
And it is also to fine the problems and the difficulties that they face in speaking
English. If the result of speaking English is far from perfection. It is expected to
current evidence can be helped by English teacher of English general. Speaking
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English in particular the teacher should device better strategy for the development of
their student in the future.
The future research, result of the proposal will also be expected to guide the
student in conducting further research to determine factors that hamper the student in
developing their ability in speaking English. The future research hopes both of
student and teacher can solve the problem faced by students together. And the quality
of education at Almuslim University will be improved.
I.7 Definition of Key Terms
To avoid ambiguity in understanding some words, the writer tries to clarify
them as follows:
- Speaking
Speaking is an interaction process between two or more people where in
speaking there is a process of communication with convey the messages from a
speaker to a listener orally (Brown, 2001:251). In this case, speaking means that
one of the course taught to the forth semester student of English department of
Almuslim University.
- Problem
Problem is something hard to understand. It is mean difficulties (Oxford
Learners Pocket Dictionary, 2005:429). In this research, the problem mean that
the difficulties in speaking English face by the fourth semester students of
English department of Almuslim University.