Students problem in Speaking English at SMP Daruttaqwa Gresik

Speaking is the way to convey the messages to other people. As Bailey (2003) states that speaking is a tool to deliver the messages directly to the audience even if the audience understand or not with the messages. This particular area of speaking has been overlooked in general. But however there are so many problems that faced by students in speaking English. Like many students in other countries, Indonesian students have difficulties and obstacles in English learning, especially speaking. Therefore, in this research, the researcher describes the students’ problems in speaking English at SMP Daruttaqwa Gresik in the academic year of 2019 / 2020. The objective of the research is to explore students’ problems in speaking English and to describe their strategies to overcome the problems in speaking English. The design of this research was descriptive qualitative method. This research was conducted in SMP Daruttaqwa Gresik. The subject of this research were students of the eighth grade, which consist of 34 students. The data were obtained through questionnaire and interview. The results of this study showed that the students have problems in speaking English, namely : inhibition, poor pronunciation, unstructured grammar, lack of vocabulary, nothing to say, mother tongue used, shyness, fear of mistakes, lack of motivation and lack of confidence. Furthermore, the result of this study showed that the strategies used by them to overcome the problems were rehearsing to speak English, practicing or repeating the pronunciation until correct, memorizing the pattern and the kind of verb, reading English story, using the dictionary, looking for easy ideas or preparing the material, practicing to speak English with friends or in front of a mirror, asking to the teacher or friend and speaking English with carefully, motivating their selves to learn and speak English, stay calm and always confident when speak English in front of the class.