Desfitranita, Desfitranita
Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Curup, Indonesia

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Students’ Rules and Practices: How to Speak English Fluently? Desfitranita, Desfitranita
AT-TALIM Vol 24, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Institut Agama Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (665.366 KB) | DOI: 10.15548/jt.v24i1.253

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This study aims to investigate students’ rules and practices in how they maintain speaking fluency. Six students were the participants in this research that met the criteria. They were interviewed individually as the part of qualitative approach in research by using digital tape recorder. In-depth investigation was aimed at searching their rules and practices in maintaining fluency in speaking. The findings show that the participants skipped grammar rules but not the English tenses in speaking. Vocabulary learning starts from understanding words and phrases in context. Translation occurred when they met unfamiliar topic. Movie is mentioned as the perfect English language input. Last, the internet is the useful media to self-expose into rich English environments; it is easy and cheap to access. It is expected that the research contribute to the English language learning, speaking fluency in particular.
Assessing Students’ Speaking Skills at 2nd Semester Students of English Study Program IAIN Curup Desfitranita, Desfitranita; Senjahari, Bayu
ENGLISH FRANCA : Academic Journal of English Language and Education Vol 3, No 01 (2019)
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN) Curup

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29240/ef.v3i01.810

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Speaking skill in English language learning is sometimes difficult for learners. Some students in second semester in IAIN Curup at English study program experienced errors in daily communication. This research tried to disclose what errors that the students did, to what extent the errors occurred. Qualitative approach was considered appropriate in this research because it did not try to generalize the findings but to deepen the case. Observation and open-ended Interview were applied to gather the data. As the instruments, field notes and voice recorder were utilized. The result shows that the students made errors in the four categories namely error in the using of be + adjectives, misplace be ‘present time’ and ‘past time, missing verbs and error in applying preposition. Errors occurred in the circumstances of choosing sentence verbs time signal and the lack of awareness in placing ‘be’ for a sentence. Keywords: Speaking errors, grammar, sentence construction