AN ANALYSIS ON THE DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING ENGLISH FACED BY STUDENT OF ELEVENTH-GRADERS LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT MAN KOTA BATU

The success of learners in learning English is largely determined by their mastery of four language skills: listening, writing, reading, and speaking. One of the important skills that must be mastered by students is speaking. Therefore, this study was intended to determine the difficulties in learning to speak, the causes of difficulties in learning to speak, and how to overcome them. The research design of this research was quantitative research. The participant of this study were students of class XI, majoring in language at MAN Kota Batu which consisted of one class. The researcher took 30 students who were all students of class XI of the Department of Language as respondents. Further, this study used online questionnaire as the research instrument. The findings of this study indicated that students faced several difficulties. The first is linguistic difficulty, which is the difficulty in speaking with the correct structure or grammar. Then, they have difficulty in vocabulary and difficulty in determining the right intonation and correct pronunciation in using English. In addition, they experienced non-linguistic difficulties, namely difficulties experienced due to lack of self-confidence, fear of making mistakes when speaking in English. The causes of students' difficulties in learning to speak are 1) using their mother language very often; 2) feeling more comfortable using their mother tongue; and- 3) being not confident in speaking because they are afraid of getting a negative response from their classmates. Some of the difficulties above can be solved in various ways: 1) practicing English with friends after class 2) learning English by playing English songs and watching English movies to improve their pronunciation and vocabulary; and- 3) studying grammar books and use English to English dictionaries to improve their grammar knowledg