KETERAMPILAN KOMUNIKASI LISAN BAHASA INGGRIS MAHASISWA POLITEKNIK NEGERI UJUNG PANDANG Sebuah Studi Kasus di Jurusan Administrasi Niaga

The study aimed to describe the linguistic-areas and dominant linguistic-area problems experienced by the students ofBusiness Administration Department in speaking English. The research results would be a beneficial reference foraddressing linguistic problems in teaching speaking skills to the students. The population was 107 final-semester studentsof D-3 and D-4 Business Administration Study Programs. The sample that was selected randomly was 12 students. Theywere requested to perform conversations in 4 groups of 3. The conversations were audio-recorded and then transcribed.The conversation transcripts were refererred to result in the data for analysis, linguistic-area problems. The data wereanalyzed descriptively. The study found out that in their oral English communication skills, the students experiencedproblems with all the linguistic areas, namely morphology, syntax, semantic, phonology, and vocabulary. Of the fivelinguistic areas, the dominant problem was the limited vocabulary they had