Factor Contributing Secondary School Difficulties in Speaking English

dr. nendi juhandi., m.m. ; yusdi daulay., s.e., m.m.; herri mulyono, ph.d; anita dewi ekawati, s.s., m.pd.;

ANDI SUROTO. Factor Contributing Secondary School Difficulties in Speaking English. A Paper, Jakarta, the Study Programme of English Education, The Faculty of Teacher Training and Pedagogy, The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, 2018.
The purpose of the current study was to document the factors contributing secondary school difficulties in speaking English. The study employed qualitative method. A semi-structured interview was used among 8 students at a secondary school in Jakarta to conduct the data. The data were transcribed and analyzed using thematic analysis. The result came out that the most factors contributing to difficulties in speaking English were linguistic difficulties, mother tongue use, and inhibition. These factors were the most contributing student difficult or reluctant to speak English.