An Analysis Of Students' Speaking Skill At The Sixth Garde Of Elemenetary School Of An Namiroh Pekanbaru

Sari, Maita (2021) An Analysis Of Students' Speaking Skill At The Sixth Garde Of Elemenetary School Of An Namiroh Pekanbaru. Other thesis, Universitas Islam Riau.

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Maita Sari. 2021. An Analysis of Students’ Speaking Skill at the Sixth Grade of Elementary school of An-Anamiroh Pekanbaru. Thesis. Pekanbaru: English Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Islam Riau. Speaking is the process of building and sharing meaning in a variety of settings using verbal and nonverbal symbols in a variety of contexts. Furthermore, speaking is a very essential and complex skill that needs a long time to develop. In developing this skill, people have to practice as often as possible. But, in reality it is still a matter of concern and there are only a few students who master speaking. Hence this research aims to know the level of students’ speaking skill and to find out their challenge in speaking at the sixth grade of elementary school of An-Namiroh Pekanbaru. This research worked on a descriptive quantitative method that involved 15 students. The students were assigned to speaking test for 1-3 minutes about some selected topics (family, friends and home). The researcher analyzed the students’ speaking skill by using 3 indicators grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. The students’ speaking performances were scored by three raters who have been teaching English professionally for over 10 years. Then, the students’ speaking scores were categorized into five levels: excellent, very good, good, fair and poor. After that, the researcher interviewed the students to find out their challenges in speaking English. Then, the researcher categorized their challenges in speaking Inhibition, Nothing to Say and Mother-tongue Use. Based on the finding of the analysis, the students’ speaking level of the sixth grade of elementary school of An-Anamiroh Pekanbaru was in Good level with the average of 69.47. Then, based on the interview to the students there are some factors that found by the students in speaking English such as grammatical errors, pronunciation, afraid of making mistakes and mother tongue. It can be concluded that the students of the sixth grade of elementary school of An Anamiroh Pekanbaru have a good level, but the students still have difficulties in speaking.

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