JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE AND ENGLISH LEARNING MOTIVATION TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY

Penulis : S. Menggo1, Seken, Ketut2, Ratminingsih, Made3

Key words: discussion technique, motivation, speaking ability

Jurnal Penelitian | JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE AND ENGLISH LEARNING MOTIVATION TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY | Speaking is considered as a major skill to be mastered by students in terms of communication need. This is because the ability to speak a language is synonymous with knowing that language since speech is the most basic means of human communication. However, learning toward a good speaking competency is not an easy task for students. Students mostly find it difficult to communicate in English. Speaking ability has been considered difficult for them. The students are not ready for real communication and cannot cope with all of the simultaneous demands in learning activity (Larzarton in Celce-Murcia, 2001: 103). A few of them might want to express their ideas spontaneously in English but they do not know how to, so they use their body language and speak with lot of pauses.

The students’ inability to speak in English is caused by a number of factors. Wendi (2008: 3) in Astiti (2012:2) states that the students’ speaking difficulties could be caused by inside and outside factors. The inside factors are certain lacks such as lack of self confidence and lack of motivation which could make students feel ashamed to speak, scared to make mistakes, and have no confidence. Besides, Gardner (2002) in Astiti (2012: 2) further states that the inside factors have a very important role to make students gain success in learning a language. Meanwhile, the outside factor is related to the teacher. The teacher should be able to recognize the students’ problem and to create conducive atmosphere in the classroom that will raise the students’ ability to speak English. Consequently, English teachers are expected to apply the appropriate technique which will surely work to fulfill learners’ need of English communication.

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JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE AND ENGLISH LEARNING MOTIVATION TOWARD STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY