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This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the problems faced by Electrical Engineering Department Students of Polytechnic of Raflesia in speaking English in group presentation. 27 students of the second semester were purposefully taken as the sample for they have been involved in some of group presentations since they were still in the first semester. Observation checklist and field note were used to collect the data on students’ problems. The interview then was conducted to those who were evidenced to have English speaking problems seen from the data perceived earlier from observation. The study revealed that the dominant linguistic problem of the students in speaking English was their poor pronunciation. The result of the data analysis showed that it was 16 students (59, 26%) among 27 students who were evidenced to have this pronouncing problem. Meanwhile the major psycholinguistic problem was the students’ anxiety in using the language. It was 15 students (55, 56%) who were admitted to have this problem.
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Brown, H.D. (2010). Language assessment: Principles and classroom practice. New York: Longman
Carter, R., & Nunan, D. (2001). Teaching english to speakers of other languages. New York: Cambridge University Press
Gay, R.L. (1990). Educational research. Florida International University: Merril Publishing Company
Gay, R.L., & Airasian, P.W. (2000). Educational research. Competencies for analysis and application. (6th ed). Prentice-Hall. Inc
Graddol, D. (2006). English next. British: British Council
Harmer, J. (2002). The practice of english language teaching. (3rd ed). Cambridge: Longman.
Heaton, J.B. (1988). Writing english language tests. USA: Longman
Hiebert, E.H., & Kamil, M.L. (2005). Teaching and learning vocabulary. Bringing research to practice. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associated
Horwitz, E.K., Horwitz, B.M., & Cope, J. (1986). Foreign classroom anxiety. The Modern Language Journal, 70 (2), 125-132. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org
Mohamad, M. (2016). Enhancing english proficiency among Polytechnics students: Promoting autonomous learning. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 6 (8S), 49-57. ISSN: 2090-4274.
Rahmawati, I.N., Syafryadin., Widiastuti, R. (2013). Improving grade X students’ speaking achievement under Round Robin technique. International Journal on Education. 1(1), 74-82.
Richards, J.C. (2008). Teaching listening and speaking from theory to practice. New York: Cambridge University Press
Syafryadin, S., Nurkamto, J., Linggar, D. A., & Mujiyanto, J. (2017). Active, belief, and consequence (ABC) model technique in minimazing students' speech anxiety. Proceedings of ISELT FBS Universitas Negeri Padang, 5, 320-324.
Syafryadin, H., & Salniwati, A. R. A. P. (2019). Digital Storytelling Implementation for Enhancing Students’ Speaking Ability in Various Text Genres. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 8(4), 3147-3151.
Thornbury, S. (2005). How to teach speaking. England: Pearson Educated Limited.
Ur, P. (2017). A course in language teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Widyasworo, C. (2019). Students’ difficulties in speaking english at the tenth grade of Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan. Journal of English Education and Teaching (JEET), 3 (4), 533-538. e-ISSN:2622-5867
Williams, J. (2005). Improve your vocabulary. New Delhi: Lotus Press
Young, D.J. (1999). Affect in foreign language and second language learning: A practical guide to creating a low-anxiety classroom athmosphere. Boston: McGraw-Hill