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

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.