AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' SPEAKING ABILITY IN ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLUB (ECC) PROGRAM AT THE 3rd SEMESTER

• Main Author: M. Fadhly Farhy Abbas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universitas Lancang Kuning, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary

This research is based on students' speaking ability who had followed the English<br />Conversation Club (ECC) program especially for the third semester of English Department. The<br />purpose of this study was to analyze the students' speaking ability at the 3rd semester in the English<br />Conversation Club FKIP UNILAK Pekanbaru. The type of the research was mixed method in type<br />of explanatory design. The number of participant was 53 students. The researcher used two<br />instruments, those were test and interview. In analyzing the data, it used in descriptive statistics.<br />The result of the analysis showed that the average score of 3rd semester students' speaking ability<br />was 45.42. It can be concluded that the students' speaking ability was categorized into failed . The<br />score of Standard Deviation was 7.02, Variance was 49.30, and Range was 36 points . It means<br />that the students' speaking ability was homogeneous. According to the Z-Score, it can be seen that<br />49.06% students' ability was higher than average and 50.94% students ability was below the<br />average. In conclusion, the students' ability in learning speaking English was failed, it had been<br />affected by some factors, those were lack of vocabulary, grammar and motivation. It was supported<br />by the interview, eventhough the students' perception to English Conversation Club (ECC)<br />program was positive, but in fact, the students' frequency to speak English was seldom, they were<br />less practice speaking English everyday.<br />Keywords : Speaking , English Conversation Club (ECC)

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