STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AT UNIVERSITY OF

MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

By:

FENDY AJI TRIATMOKO

201210100311166

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2019

STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES SPEAKING ENGLISH

OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AT UNIVERSITY OF

MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

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

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

FENDY AJI TRIATMOKO

201210100311166

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2019

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Allhamdulilah, all praise be to Allah SWT, the merciful and charitable.

Because of Allah’s guidance, blessing and affection, the writer can finish this

thesis. He also wants to send sholawat and greeting to her beloved prophet

Muhammad SAW as the messenger of Allah SWT.

There were so many persons who were involved in the processing of

completing this thesis. Therefore, he would like to express his deepest gratitude to

the following persons:

1. His advisor, Laela Hikmah Nurbatra, MA., M.EdLead as his first

advisor, and Dra. Thathit Manon Andini. M.Hum as his second

advisor, for their suggestion, valuable guidance and advice during the

consultation, and their suggestions and corrections during completition

of this thesis.

2. His beloved Mother (Kuntarti Wahyu Umeksi) and beloved Father

(Endarwadji) who always given endless love, support, advice, pray,

patience, and money in finishing this study.

3. For his best friends Andi, Luluk, Nurul, Anggi. Thanks for your

support, togetherness, and laugh. He loves you all.

4. For his friends at English Language Education Department 2012,

thanks you especially for C class, thanks for happiness and laugh.

5. For eight semester students of English Language Education

Department “2014” at University of Muhammadiyah Malang,

especially class A (thanks for the cooperation during the data

collection).

6. I would like to express my gratitude to anyone whom I cannot mention

them. All hopefully, Allah SWT will always bless those mentioned

above and all their merciful deeds get compensation from Allah SWT.

.

Malang, Juli 2019

Fendy Aji Triatmoko

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE ............................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL ................................................................................................... ii

LEGALIZATION .......................................................................................... iii

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY......................................................... iv

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

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

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................... viii

TABLE OF CONTENT.................................................................................. ix

LIST OF APPENDIXES................................................................................ xi

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

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

1.2 Statement of Difficulties ............................................................................ 4

1.3 Purposes of the Study ................................................................................. 4

1.4 Significance of the Study ........................................................................... 4

1.5 Scope and Limitation ................................................................................. 4

1.6 Definition ofthe Key Terms ....................................................................... 5

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 The Nature of Speaking ............................................................................. 6

2.2 Some Characteristic of Succesful Speaking ............................................... 7

2.3 Speaking Learning Activities ..................................................................... 8

2.4 Difficulties of Speaking ............................................................................. 10

2.5 The Ways To Solve Speaking Difficulties ................................................ 11

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1 Research Design ......................................................................................... 14

3.2 Subject of the Study ................................................................................... 15

3.3 Research Instruments ................................................................................. 15

3.3 Data Collection........................................................................................... 17

3.4 Data Analysis ............................................................................................. 18

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 The Research Findings ............................................................................... 19

4.1.1 Difficulties Faced by Students in Speaking English............................... 19

4.2.1 Students’Strategies to Cope Such Difficulties ........................................ 22

4.2 Discussion .................................................................................................. 25

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1 Conclusions ................................................................................................ 29

5.2 Suggestions ................................................................................................ 30

REFERENCES

APPENDIXES

LIST OF APPENDIXES

APPENDIX 1 QUESTIONS .......................................................................... 33

APPENDIX 2 INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION ....................................... 34

APPENDIX 3 QUESTIONNARE GUIDE .................................................. 44

APPENDIX 4 QUESTIONNARE................................................................. 45

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