AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ABILITY IN ENGLISH CONVERSATION CLUB (ECC) PROGRAM AT THE 3rd SEMESTER

Abstract

This research is based on students’ speaking ability who had followed the English
Conversation Club (ECC) program especially for the third semester of English Department. The
purpose of this study was to analyze the students’ speaking ability at the 3rd semester in the English
Conversation Club FKIP UNILAK Pekanbaru. The type of the research was mixed method in type
of explanatory design. The number of participant was 53 students. The researcher used two
instruments, those were test and interview. In analyzing the data, it used in descriptive statistics.
The result of the analysis showed that the average score of 3rd semester students’ speaking ability
was 45.42. It can be concluded that the students’ speaking ability was categorized into failed . The
score of Standard Deviation was 7.02, Variance was 49.30, and Range was 36 points . It means
that the students’ speaking ability was homogeneous. According to the Z-Score, it can be seen that
49.06% students’ ability was higher than average and 50.94% students ability was below the
average. In conclusion, the students’ ability in learning speaking English was failed, it had been
affected by some factors, those were lack of vocabulary, grammar and motivation. It was supported
by the interview, eventhough the students’ perception to English Conversation Club (ECC)
program was positive, but in fact, the students’ frequency to speak English was seldom, they were
less practice speaking English everyday.