AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of the research was to find out the second year students’ speaking ability in social communication at Bung Hatta University. To be more specific it was aimed to find out the students’ ability in social communication (expressing greeting, congratulation, apologies). The design of this research was descriptive. The population was the second year students of Bung Hatta University. The members of population were 44 students. The researcher used total sampling to select the sample since the students were distributed into two classes; class a and class b. The total number of sample members was 44. In collecting data, the researcher used speaking test. The researcher found the reliability coefficient for total test was very high (.85). It means that the test was reliable. Then, the test was valid terms of content validity. Based on the finding, the researcher found that there were 65.91% of students who got moderate ability in social communications. In more specific it can be concluded that 31 out of 44 students (70.46%) who got moderate ability in expressing greeting, 35 out of 44 students (79.55%) who got moderate ability in expressing congratulation, and 35 out of 44 students (79.55%) who got moderate ability in expressing apologies. Based on the result, the researcher gives suggestion to the English teachers to improve their students’ speaking ability especially more practice in social communication. The students are expected to improve their speaking ability in social communication into high ability through practicing especially in social communication. Further researchers are suggested to study about factors that make students ability moderate.
Key words: Students’ Speaking Ability, Speaking and Social Communication