THE FACTORS CAUSING THE ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN SPEAKING ENGLISH AT SMAN 1 MUKOMUKO BENGKULU

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ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to find out the factors that cause students’ difficulties in speaking English. This research method is a descriptive method. The population of this research is eleventh-grade students of SMAN 1 Mukomuko. The total sampling technique was used in this research. There are 276 students as a sample. The instrument for collecting the data in this research is a questionnaire. The questionnaire is valid in terms of content and and it was reliable after finding out its reliability using Cronbach’s alpha (0.608). After analyzing the data, it is found that there are two factors causing students’ difficulties in speaking English at SMAN 1 Mukomuko. They are internal and external factors. It is proved by the data that 59% of students found difficulties in speaking English because of internal factors. There are 4 kinds of internal factors they are anxiety (64%), shyness (63%), motivation (68%), and students’ knowledge (50.36%). The other finding was 66% students found difficulties in speaking English because of external factors. There are 3 kinds of external factors. They are teacher teaching materials (83%), management in teaching learning English (68%), and school environment (65%). Based on the conclusion, it is recommended that teachers pay attention to students' internal factors and external factors in speaking, English because these factors cause students' difficulties in speaking English at SMAN 1 Mukomuko, especially motivation (internal factors) and teacher teaching materials (external factors).