FACTORS AFFECTING THE SPEAKING DIFFICULTIES OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION STUDENTS AT SMK NEGERI 6 PALEMBANG.[SKRIPSI]

Every English speaker whose native language is not English must have problems while speaking English. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to find out in what factors that are influencing in the students’ difficulties in speaking English and what are the solutions to solve the speaking problems. This study was done at SMK Negeri 6 Palembang. 109 eleventh grade hotel accommodation students and 4 English teachers at SMK Negeri 6 Palembang in academic year 2016/2017 were involved in this study as the population. The samples were 55 students and 2 English teachers that were chosen by using convenience sampling technique. A qualitative research method was used in this study. The data collection was done by using a close-ended questionnaire that is consisted of 25 question items and was divided into 5 aspects of problems and the interview section was done to the two English teachers. The questions were consisted of 10 items of question. The result of the questionnaire was analyzed by using descriptive statistic in order to find out the means score of the question items. Likert scale was used to classify the level of problems that are encountered by the sample and the percentage formula also used to get the percentage of each problem and each aspect of the questionnaire. The interview was analyzed by doing transcription and clarifying its result with the findings of the questionnaire. Based on the findings of the study, it was found that the factors affecting in the students’ speaking difficulties, namely (1) students’ affective factor (9.89%), (2) students’ social factor (12.44%), (3) instructor factor (30.38%), (4) Indonesian education system and facilities factor (14.56%), and (5) students’ linguistically factor (7.31%). The researcher also found the solutions for each factor. The solutions were got through the documents based on experts’ explanations from books, journal articles, and even theses. Finally, the results of the study are expected to be beneficial for the students, the teachers and the school to recognize deeper about the students’ speaking problems and the implementation of the solutions can be helpful for all parties in order to overcome those speaking difficulties and achieve a better speaking performance for the students