An Analysis of Students Problems in Speaking English Skill at The Eleventh Grade Students of SMAN 27 Jakarta on The First Semester in 2020/2021 Academic Year

nita kania dewi, m.pd.;

ADEVYA SABRINA. 1601055049. AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN SPEAKING ENGLISH SKILL AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ OF SMAN 27 JAKARTA ON THE FIRST SEMESTER IN 2020/2021 ACADEMIC YEAR. This study aims to determine the factors of students' problems in speaking English and describe students' solutions to solve problems in speaking English in the seventh grade of SMAN 27 Jakarta. The author uses qualitative research methods in this study. The researcher used a purposive sampling technique for the sample. The data were obtained through interview. 10 students from the eleventh grade of SMAN 27 Jakarta were asked to be interviewees to find out the factors that caused students' problems in speaking English and students' solutions to solve problems in speaking English.
The findings found that it is very dominant to say that students' problems in speaking English are fear of being mistakes, shyness, lack of confidence, lack of motivation, and anxiety. Another thing also hinders students from speaking English, which, there are no participants or no interlocutors to communicate in English, and the mother tongue also affects students' problems in speaking English. All these factors also show that most of the students felt afraid and nervous to speak in English in front of the class, they are afraid of wrong pronunciation, they are afraid of making mistakes, they felt shyness to be made fun of by some friends, they feel afraid negative assessment, lack of vocabulary and lack of confidence. In this study, researchers found possible solutions for students to solve these problems, namely trying to dare to speak English, to increase self-confidence, study diligently, increase practice, learn vocabulary and grammar.