Barokahtul Azizah, 2201419111 (2023) AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY IN DOING ORAL PRESENTATIONS (A Case Study of the Fourth Semester Students of English Education Study Program at Universitas Negeri Semarang in the Academic Year 2022/2023). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the students' speaking ability in doing oral presentations based on the speaking classification by Harris (1974), to find out the factors affecting students' speaking ability, and the problems of students' speaking ability in doing oral presentations in classroom. The subjects of this study were the fourth semester students of English Education Study Program at Universitas Negeri Semarang in the academic year 2022/2023 in A class, and D class. This study used a qualitative case study. Observation, questionnaire, and interview were used to collect the data. The findings of this study showed that the speaking ability of the students in doing oral presentations was mostly at good levels with the average score between 70-79 in their speaking performance. The findings also showed that there were some factors that affected their speaking ability during their oral presentations. First in the linguistics factors, the major factors were lack of vocabulary, poor pronunciation, and grammatical errors. Second in the psychology factors, the major factors were lack of confidence, motivation, and feeling of anxiety. Then for the external factors, there were the preparation and practice, the use of visual aids, and the influence of the mother tongue. Furthermore, this study also found that there were some students’ speaking problems during their oral presentations. They have some speaking problems including problems in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and fluency. In conclusion, even though the fourth semester students were mostly categorized as having good speaking abilities in doing oral presentations, they still have some speaking problems caused by some factors in doing oral presentations in classroom.

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