Thursday, December 5, 2019

Problems in Speaking English

     In this discussion, I will discuss problems about the difficulties experienced by students in learning to speak English at the high school level. Speaking is one of the most important aspects in English. Because in a conversation that requires speaking skills. English is recognized as the first official international foreign language and is taught at elementary school, junior high school, senior high school and university levels. English has an important function in Indonesia, as international communication is also needed to get a job place, or science and technology. Therefore, we must master English.

     Based on the journal that I read, students have difficulty in speaking English that is due to lack of vocabulary, difficulty in phrases or grammatical and difficult to find ideas that fit the topic. Then the problem faced by students in learning to speak English is that they have a lot of time to answer and ask questions, and lack of vocabulary and grammar. And the last problem faced by students when repetition of learning after learning English is English and Indonesian is different, both of them do not like English. Still based on the journal, efforts to overcome difficulties faced by students are by reading a dictionary or searching on the internet, asking teachers, when at home students study with brothers or sisters also pray to God and ask from the family.

     The proper  English learning method to overcome these problems is the Grammar Translation Method (GTM), because in the Grammar Translation Method students learn about grammar as well as vocabulary in English. So when students find out about grammar, students will find it easier to speak English. Then make it a habit for students to listen to English songs, because if students like these more surely the students will listen and so students will practice speaking English through song lyrics even though the pronunciation is not right, the teacher's task here is to prove the incorrect pronunciation. Then the latter accustom students to speak English in front of the class, either by speech or by story telling. By speaking or telling stories in front of the class, students indirectly dare to speak English in front of the class.


Reference :
http://journal.umpalangkaraya.ac.id/index.php/anterior/article/download/310/301

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