Speaking Problems in English Communication

Megawati, Fika and Mandarani, Vidya (2016) Speaking Problems in English Communication. In: The First ELTIC, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo.

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Abstract

Speaking in English language learning has significant benefit for communication in AEC era. Moreover, this is a requirement for English Study Program students since they get Speaking courses for several times in the university academic year. They also need this skill to support their professionalism in future career. However, in the real practice, the students seem to face obstacles to reach this objective. Accordingly, this study describes the students’ problems in Speaking English in depth understanding. The data are taken from interview with 17 students of the sixth semester in English Study Program of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo. The results show that the students have problems in conducting English communication, namely lack of vocabulary mastery, low Grammar mastery, and nervousness. From this finding, it is expected that the students do some efforts to overcome their problems. First, reading should be exposed more to get plenty of vocabulary items. Second, doing Grammar practice needs to be increased. Third, building confidence is seriously done by using English more frequently in their daily life communication. In a nutshell, to master English Speaking well, the students have to recognize their problems so that they know how solve their communication difficulties.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Teaching and Education Science > School of English Languange Education
Depositing User:	Fika Megawati
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2018 08:35
Last Modified:	03 Oct 2018 05:57
URI:	http://eprints.umsida.ac.id/id/eprint/5355

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