A Study On The Techniques For Teaching Speaking To The Second Year Students Of SMP N 1 Trangkil

The objectives of this study are to describe (1) techniques implemented by the teacher in teaching speaking, (2) problems faced by the students in teaching speaking and (3) Methods/techniques to overcome the problem faced by the students.To obtain the reserch data the writer conducted the observation in SMP N 1 Trangkil. The writer took the students in class VIII E as the sample. The writer also interviewed to the students and the teacher. The writer found that the techniques used by the teacher in teaching speaking are question-answer, role-play, and game techniques. The problems faced by the student are (1) the difficulty of pronunciation, (2) nervousness and shyness. Methods to overcome the problem faced by the students are: (1)asking the students to repeat after the teacher pronounced some words so they can know the correct of pronunciation, (2)asking the students to read a dialogue so the teacher can correct the pronunciation, (3)using a role-play technique in teaching speaking so the students can explore their capability, (4)making the students to get used to speak with her/his friends in front of the class so they were not afraid to speak, (5) to overcome shy and nervous students, the teacher used a game in teaching speakin