A THESIS PROPOSAL

SOME FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS

(A Case Study at the Second Grade Students of Smp Negeri 3 Satu Atap

Bantarkawung)

By

JUWANTO

40109014

ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM

STKIP ISLAM BUMIAYU

2012
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of Study

English is an international language that used in many countries in the world. It

can be used for communication when some countries in meeting business or

other activities among government over the world. As a developing country,

Indonesia really needs English because Indonesia government is trying to

improve all aspects which are usually faced by all countries. One of these

aspects is education, which is essential. As we know in Indonesia, English is

learnt and taught to junior high school, senior high school even at university. In

English there are four skills should be mastered by students when they are

learning it. The skills are listening, speaking, reading and writing. However, it

is not easy for students to cover all skills.

According to the writer experience (when doing PPL/teaching practice), there

are many students face the difficulties when they are learning English,

especially in speaking. The students speaking skill is very low, they are not

able to speak English well. Whereas, speaking is the most important skill and

the most used by the people rather than the other skills, according to Jack C.

Ricards, (in Http://www.professorjackrichard.com/developing-classoom-

speaking-activities.pdf.), he states: “Learners consequently often evaluate their

success in language learning as well as the effectiveness of their English course

on the basis how well they feel have improved in their spoken proficiency”.

From that statement, the writer can argue that most language learners study in
 order to develop proficiency in speaking. From the statement also the writer

makes a conclusion that speaking ability should be mastered by the students in

Indonesia. But, in reality the students have some difficulties when speak

English. According to the fact, the writer can claims that there are some factors

that affect students’ skill in mastering speaking.

Therefor the writer is interested to find out the factors that affect students

speaking skill by doing a research. The writer will choose SMP Negeri 3

Bantarkwung, Brebes, as the place that for taking the research. Based on the

writer experience when doing KPPM I, the writer faced many students have

low speaking skill in that school.

B. Research Question

According to the background, the research questions in this study can be

formulated into the following questions;

1. What factors are affecting students’ speaking skill in SMP Negeri 3 satu

atap Bantarkawung?

2. What is the dominant factor affecting students’ speaking skill in SMP

Negeri 3 satu atap Bantarkawung?

C. Definition Of Key Terms

D. Objectives of the Study

The objectives of research can be stated as follows:

1. To know some factors affecting students’ speaking ability in second year

of SMP N 3 Bantarkawung
 2. To know the dominant factor affecting students’ speaking ability in

second year of SMP N 3 Bantarkawung

E. Significances of the Study

The outcomes of study are expected to be able to fulfill the following

expectations:

1. Theoretically, describes the English teacher some factors affecting

students speaking skill.

2. Practically, after reading this research, the teacher can solve the students’

difficulty in speaking. And for the next researcher, it can be used as the

previous study.

F. Organization of the Thesis

This final project consists of five chapters, where each chapter explains

different matter with the topic being discussed. Chapter I is introduction. This

chapter delivers background of study, research questions, definition of key

term, objectives of the study, significance of study and outlines of the report.

Chapter II provides review of the related literature. This chapter consists of

theoretical study, previous study and theoretical frame work

Chapter III presents the methods of the investigation. It covers design of the

research, data source, method of collecting data, method of analyzing data.

Chapter IV gives the results of investigation.

Chapter V is the last chapter where the conclusion of the research and

suggestion provided
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REVIEW TO RELATED LITTERATURE

A. Theoretical Study

1. Teaching Learning English

2. Teaching English to junior high school

3.

B. Previous Study

C. Theoretical Framework
 CHAPTER III

METHOD OF RESEARCH

A. Research Design

B. Data Resources

C. Technique of Collecting Data

D. Technique of Analyzing Data

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX

A. Research Schedule

B. Research Instrument