An Identification Of Speaking Problem Based On Students’ Personality At The Second Grade of SMAN 1 Kabawo

Abstract

This research aims to identify the personality types of class XI students at SMAN 1 Kabawo and find out what problems they face in speaking English based on their personality types and how to overcome these problems. This research used a qualitative descriptive method with 28 students as subjects. Data was collected using questionnaire (EPI) and interviews. The results of this research that were 19 students with extrovert personalities and 7 introvert students. The results of the interviews about problem of speaking extrovert students are vocabulary, and on the psychological aspect are anxiety, lack of motivation, shyness, and lack of confidence. While the results of interviews with introverted students, the speaking problems they faced included grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and in the psychological field, namely shyness, lack of confidence and lack of motivation. The strategy for dealing with speaking problems of extrovert and introvert students is that they apply how to often talk to friends, choose friends who are agile in English as motivation, often practice speaking in public, practice speaking, watch movies, listen to music, read books and increase vocabulary memorization in English.