• Khalil Jahbel

  Author

The main aim of teaching and learning English language is to help learners to be able to
use it effectively and accurately in communication. However, to help students improve their
speaking skills, it is necessary to find the appropriate ways to help them overcome their
problems.. Moreover, teachers should be informed of these factors that affect their students’
speaking performance so that they can deal with these factors to help the students improve their
speaking performance. So this study aimed at investigating the factors that may affect students’
speaking performance and the problems that the students at High Schools in Malang
encounter when they learn to speak English. The sample consisted of 27 participants. Twenty
one students and six teachers. Two questionnaires were distributed to participants to state the
problems they face in speaking classes and to reveal their opinions towards the factors that
affect learning speaking skill. An interview was conducted with teachers. Analysis of the data
indicated that students encounter several problems in speaking and different factors that affect
their learning the skill, such as psychological and linguistic factors.

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