This study aims to explore the attitudes and perceptions of the students and instructors towards the speaking test at a School of Foreign Languages. For this purpose, the data were collected through questionnaires delivered to two groups of participants. The first group was composed of 210 students who were asked to assess their perceptions and attitudes about the speaking test as pre-, while a...

This study was a descriptive qualitative study. Students' Learning Styles in Speaking Skill the subject of this The goal to find out how students' learning styles affected their speaking skills. In study, sample consisted one English teacher and 23 second-year students from SMPN 3 Rambah Hilir. Questionnaires (15 statements) interviews (3 questions) were utilized by researcher collect data. dat...

To speak English fluently is a challenging ability for language learners in learning English. But, speech errors tend to cause students speaking difficulties. The point of this study was describe the kinds made by tenth-grade at SMAN 1 Tanjung Lubuk when reciting descriptive text. This qualitative investigation. focused on SMA Negeri Lubuk's Academic 2019/2020. Recording or videotaping students...

This study investigated how the Talking Chips Technique can help students to improve their speaking. The sample of this study was only one class and total number of students was 36 students. This study used a quasi experimental design and three data collection, i.e. note taking, participant observation, and speaking test. The data from observation were analyzed by using thematic analysis and ba...