THE ANALYSIS OF SPEAKING ENGLISH DIFFICULTIES ON SECOND GRADE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

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 Abstract:This research focuses on student’s English speaking difficulties and the aim of this research is to find out factors of difficulties and the most dominant problem in speaking performance faced by the second grade students at SMP Islam Ma'arif 03 Malang. The research design used in this study is descriptive qualitative. The instruments used are observation, interviews and documentation. Participants or subjects in this study were second grade students as many as 14 students and a teacher. The results of the research through the stages that have been carried out there are several student difficulties. These difficulties include pronunciation, poor in grammar, fluency, lack of vocabulary and the last is high anxiety. In conclusion, vocabulary and pronunciation are the most dominant difficulties by the second grade students at SMP Islam Ma'arif 03 Malang. Key words: Speaking, Factors, Difficulties in Speaking