The Difficulties Encountered by EFL Students in Speaking English

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

AYU HARFIAH SUNDARI. The Difficulties Encountered by EFL Students 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 this study was to find out the difficulties encountered by EFL students in speaking English. In this study the writer used the 20 items of questionnaire to investigate students difficulties in speaking. In addition, the questionnaire was used to obtain the speaking significance level between English and Non-English Department students. This study was participated by 195 EFL university students. The technique of collecting data was by distributing online questionnaire link to WhatsApp started on 4th March until 5th March 2018. The result of this study revealed that there are seven difficulties encountered by the students such as self-confidence & motivation, socio cultural, academic, lingustic, language performance, anxiety, and personal factors. It revealed that the difficulties between English and Non-English Department students are significantly different. Conclusively, speaking ability of English and Non-English Department students was affected by the language exposure they got during their study inside or outside the class.