An Analysis of the First Grade Students’ Speaking Ability in Expressing Intention at SMAN 1 Bayang Pesisir Selatan. Thesis. English Department, Bung Hatta University.

Abstrak

Expression of Intention is expression used to talk about plans to do a specific things in the future (Wikipedia, 2019). Expression of Intention is one of the speaking materials taught at senior high school but most of the students are not able to express intention well in their speaking. Relating to this, the researcher conducted this study on purpose of describing the students’ ability in expressing intention.

                 The population of this research was the first grade students. The total number of population of this research was 241 students. The researcher applied stratified cluster random sampling to take the sample. The total number of the sample was 58 students. The instrument used is speaking test. The test was reliable because the reliability index of the test was 0,89 (Appendix 4).

                 The result of this research showed that the students’ speaking ability in expressing intention was high. It is proved by the fact that 98,3% students had high ability. In specific, students’ ability in expressing idea or content was low. It is supported by the fact that 82,8% students had low ability. The ability of the students’ in choosing vocabulary was high. It is supported by the fact that 100% students had high ability. The ability of the students in using grammar was high. It is supported by the fact that 93,1% had high ability. The ability of the students in pronouncing words was high. It is supported by the fact that there were 98,3% students who had high ability. The ability of the students in fluency was high. It is supported by the fact that there were 98,3% students who had high ability.

                 Based on the result of this research, the researcher concluded the first grade students’ ability in expressing intention was high. Dealing with conclusion, the researcher suggests that the English teachers to mantain the students’ ability by giving more oral practices. The students are suggested to do more practices using expression of intention in daily life to increase their ability in expressing content was  low.

Key word : Expression of Intention, ability, speaking.