STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Mastering speaking as a crucial ability for language learners seems to be challenging. Students had challenges in acquiring this ability. Teachers claimed that the challenges stemmed from students' apprehension or lack of desire. Teachers must identify the underlying issues that hinder learn...
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Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)
2025-06-01
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| author | Ningtyas Orilina Argawati Bachrudin Musthafa Gin Gin Gustine |
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| description | Mastering speaking as a crucial ability for language learners seems to be challenging. Students had challenges in acquiring this ability. Teachers claimed that the challenges stemmed from students' apprehension or lack of desire. Teachers must identify the underlying issues that hinder learning to effectively address the problems they face. This qualitative research examined the main variables that prevent university students from developing English-speaking abilities. Data were assessed through classroom observation of one class of the first semester of university-level consisting of 42 students, and interviews with 12 chosen participants, focusing on five major characteristics of speaking: pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Research findings indicate that pronunciation errors, grammatical mistakes, limited vocabulary and expression, fluency and Speech Rhythm Issues, and Comprehension and Responsiveness Challenges were significant factors which contributed to the difficulties faced by students. Findings may inform pedagogical approaches to enhance speaking performance. Furthermore, the result of the data can be used by students and teachers to arrange some plans to overcome the difficulties. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b484bd0cbf364aeaa23ecb79c5366fd12025-08-20T02:36:00ZengFakultas Sastra, Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching2580-86722580-99622025-06-019131732710.30743/ll.v9i1.113396942STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORSNingtyas Orilina Argawati0Bachrudin Musthafa1Gin Gin Gustine2Universitas Pendidikan IndonesiaUniversitas Pendidikan IndonesiaUniversitas Pendidikan IndonesiaMastering speaking as a crucial ability for language learners seems to be challenging. Students had challenges in acquiring this ability. Teachers claimed that the challenges stemmed from students' apprehension or lack of desire. Teachers must identify the underlying issues that hinder learning to effectively address the problems they face. This qualitative research examined the main variables that prevent university students from developing English-speaking abilities. Data were assessed through classroom observation of one class of the first semester of university-level consisting of 42 students, and interviews with 12 chosen participants, focusing on five major characteristics of speaking: pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Research findings indicate that pronunciation errors, grammatical mistakes, limited vocabulary and expression, fluency and Speech Rhythm Issues, and Comprehension and Responsiveness Challenges were significant factors which contributed to the difficulties faced by students. Findings may inform pedagogical approaches to enhance speaking performance. Furthermore, the result of the data can be used by students and teachers to arrange some plans to overcome the difficulties.https://jurnal.uisu.ac.id/index.php/languageliteracy/article/view/11339 |
| spellingShingle | Ningtyas Orilina Argawati Bachrudin Musthafa Gin Gin Gustine STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching |
| title | STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS |
| title_full | STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS |
| title_fullStr | STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS |
| title_full_unstemmed | STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS |
| title_short | STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL: AN ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS |
| title_sort | students difficulties in learning speaking at the university level an analysis of contributing factors |
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