Speaking Problems Faced by Nursing Students of Poltekkes Kemenkes RI Padang in Academic Year of 2018/2019

Junia Dwipa Arza (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Ratmanida Ratmanida (Universitas Negeri Padang)
An Fauzia Rozani Syafei (Universitas Negeri Padang)

Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 8, No 1 (2019)

Abstract This research is a descriptive research that is aimed to describe students’ speaking problems. The research was done at Poltekkes Kemenkes RI Padang. The population of this research were the first year of nursing students at Poltekkes Kemenkes RI Padang. There were 30 students as the sample of this research and chosen by using random sampling technique. The instruments used were the questionnaire (close-ended & open-ended statements) and transcription of video recording. The result of this research showed that disfluency was the significant problem for the students. Then, the significant causes of the speaking problems were inhibition and mother tongue use.Key words: Speaking problem, causes of the speaking problem