IMPROVING STUDENT’S SPEAKING SKILL

Background

Language is basically a means of communication in which people express their feeling,

ideas, opinion, and desires. English is an international language that is used broadly in the world.
It functions as a communication means in which people from different nations interact.

Indonesian has to be able to master English as an international language, either for

communicative purposes or academic purposes. The two purposes are important to adopt science
and technology and to be able to compete with other countries in any field.

English is one of the compulsory subjects for students. It functions as a means of

developing their ability in technology, science, art, and culture. Therefore, the students can build
themselves up to be skillful human being. In learning English, there are four language skills that
have to be mastered by the students. They are reading, listening, speaking, and writing.

The English teaching must involve the four skills mentioned above. In fact, the three
skills: listening, speaking, and writing have only little time allotment. The evidences can be
encountered in daily English teaching, which gives much attention to teaching reading, grammar,
and vocabulary to anticipate the final written test.

The students are expected to have mastered English to communicate. Communication can
happen through written and oral form. In written communication, writing skill is needed, on the
other hand oral communication needs speaking skill. There will be found many difficulties in
learning and teaching speaking. Speaking seems a simple thing but it is quite difficult to do. It
involves many aspects like cognitive, physiological and psychomotor aspects.