Setiati Ningsih, 2201411117 (2017) ENGLISH TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE OF THE PROBLEMS IN TEACHING SPEAKING IN A RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL (A Case of MTs Al Hidayah Sadeng in the Academic Year of 2015/2016). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This study describes the teacher’s perspective about problems happen in teaching speaking in a rural secondary school especially at MTs Al Hidayah Sadeng Gunungpati Semarang. The participants of this study are students and English teachers of MTs Al Hidayah Sadeng. The instruments for data collection are spoken tests, questionnaire and an interview. The data analyze statistically and descriptively. The students’ current speaking ability is still low. The spoken-test result shows that the students’ mean score of VII-A is 56.56 and the mean score of VIII-A is 50.33. It can be concluded that class VII-A get better score than and VIII-A. The teacher’s initial motivation in teaching speaking is still low, they teach English in general. They do not focus in teaching speaking because they have to make students pass the examination rather to make students fluent in speaking. The problems in teaching speaking related to the students are most students do not have enough time to practice speaking English on their own. They are insufficient knowledge and skills of English. Students transferred their first language into English. They feel unconfident in speaking because they are afraid of making mistake. The problems in teaching speaking related to curricula and textbooks are teachers use the student’s work sheet and a handout book that do not really support students in speaking English. Teacher should gain much experience in teaching and trying many methods in teaching speaking. They have to encourage students to speak English and do not only teach students to pass the examination, teachers have to overcome the problems that appear at MTs Al Hidayah Sadeng Gunungpati and develop their fluency in speaking English.

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