PROBLEMS AND STRATEGIES OF INTROVERT STUDENTS IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT SCIENCE CLASSES OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 BENGKULU

Putri, Seva Zakiyyah and Syafryadin, Syafryadin and Muhammad, Fadhli (2023) PROBLEMS AND STRATEGIES OF INTROVERT STUDENTS IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT SCIENCE CLASSES OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 4 BENGKULU. Undergraduated thesis, Universitas Bengkulu.

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Abstract

In this research, the researcher aims to find out the problems and causes of introverted students and introverted students' strategies in speaking English. The researcher used descriptive quantitative methods. Students from SMAN 4 Bengkulu with a total of 104 students in Science majors grades 10 and 11 were the samples in this research. In the first questionnaire the researcher used a random sampling technique, which means that some of the population was selected randomly and became the sample for the first questionnaire, while for the second questionnaire and the third questionnaire, the researcher used a purposive sampling technique, namely 67 students. Based on the results of the research, the researcher found that introverted students have many problems in speaking English. The problem that most introvert students face is pronunciation problems in speaking English, with a total average of 2.01; then followed by the problem of lack of vocabulary (2.02); and the problem of lack of confidence (2.07). The researcher also found several causes of introverted students' speaking problems, namely students accustomed to using their mother tongue when forced to speak English (2.02) as the dominant cause based on the total average result; feeling lost the topic when speaking English (2.11), and feeling stuck in thinking (2.16). Then the last result, there are three strategies used by introverted students to overcome speaking problems. Metacognitive as the dominant strategy used by introvert students in overcoming speaking problems, the strategy is paying attention (3.25), then followed by cognitive strategies regarding practice strategies (2.79) and the socio-affective strategy regarding cooperative strategies (2.71). Thus based on the findings above, it can be concluded that the problems and causes that most introvert students face in speaking English are pronunciation problems and students are used to using their mother tongue when they feel pressured. Furthermore, the researcher also found that introverted students used many strategies with moderate mean total. Eventually, the researcher suggests that teachers can use teaching methods that are suitable to the characteristics of introverted students in teaching and learning to speak English. Key Words: Introvert, Problems, Causes, Strategies, Speaking Skill.

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