An Analysis of Students' Difficulties on Online Learning in Speaking Skill at the Twelfth Grade Students of SMA N 3 Kota Jambi in Academic Year 2020/2021

Ansiyatun Hidayah (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Batanghari University)
Wennyta Wennyta (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Batanghari University)
Khidayatul Munawwaroh (English Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Batanghari University)

JELT: Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 5, No 1 (2021): APRIL

This study aims to find out the difficulties on online learning in speaking skill.  The researcher used a descriptive qualitative design by taking the sample used simple random sampling and then obtained XII Science 5 with the total number of 36 students, unfortunately three students did not fill the online questionnaires. Thus, there were 33 students as a sample. In collecting the data, the researcher used an online questionnaire. The result of this study showed the students’ difficulties on online learning in speaking skill were: Pronouncing problems 66.6%, students having difficulty interacting with others 63.6%, limited vocabulary 57.5%, lack of grammar 54.5%, poor internet connection 48,4%, students have not enough understanding to explore and express their ideas 33.3%, furthermore the students lack of fluency 21.2%.Keywords: Online learning, Online questionnaires, Speaking difficulties.