Skripsi
STUDENTS’ RELUCTANCE TO SPEAK ENGLISH IN CLASSROOM INTERACTION: A STUDY AT SMP NEGERI 5 KOTA BEKASI
In English classroom interaction, students’ participation is a very important factor that presents the success of the learning process. However, sometimes teachers have one problem for getting students' responses in classroom interaction due to students being reluctant to speak English. This case study aimed to find factors that cause students’ reluctance to speak English and English teacher strategies to reduce students’ reluctance to speak English in classroom interaction. The participants of the study were 200 students from the ninth grade and one English teacher of SMP Negeri 5 Kota Bekasi. The data were collected by using questionnaires and interviews. The result of the study showed that factors of students’ reluctance to speak English in classroom interaction were (1) psychological factors; lack of motivation, anxiety, shyness, fear of making mistakes and being laughed at, and lack of confidence (2) linguistic factor; lack of vocabulary, lack of understanding of grammatical pattern and inaccurate pronunciation (3) sociocultural factor; attitudes toward the teacher and classroom condition and arrangement. And the most influencing factor of students in speaking was lack of motivation (92.5%), inaccurate pronunciation (91%), and classroom condition and arrangement (87%). Meanwhile, the strategies used by the teacher were brainstorming for psychological factors, drilling for linguistics factors, and students’ discussion and presentation for sociocultural factors.
Inventory Code | Barcode | Call Number | Location | Status |
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2207002877 | T76014 | T760142022 | Central Library (Referens) | Available |
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