THE ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH ENCOUNTERED BY NON ENGLISH STUDENTS
Abstract
The aims of this study are to find out the students’ difficulties in speaking English and to recognize the cause of the students’ difficulties in speaking English encountered by non English students. This study is qualitative research. The researchers took 50 students at the sixth semester of PGSD in Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo as a sample. The study is descriptive. The researchers use questionnaires to collect the data. The pupils fill the questionnaire through Google Form. Based on the data analysis, the difficulties in speaking English encountered by non-English department students of PGSD at Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo. They are inadequate grammar, limited vocabulary knowledge, and improper pronunciation. In addition, the students have difficulties as a result of another factor, including their lack of participation, inhibition, mother tongue, and the fact that they have nothing to say. The result is students have difficulty in English mastery; grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation so they are low in motivation both in participation and speaking.
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