Abstract:
Le this research aimed to explore and analyse students perception in learning speaking skill and
its challenges. To achieve this objective, the study employed descriptive survey research method
with quantitative and qualitative data collecting approaches. The quantitative data collecting
approach was used to collect data from 154 sample respondents of students through
questionnaire. Sample respondents were selected as the sample respondents for this study
through simple random sampling. The collected data were analysed through descriptive
statistical analysis. Percentages, frequencies, mean and standard deviations were used as
descriptive statistics to analyse the data. On the basis of the analysis the study showed that
students had have positive perception towards learning speaking skills. The result of the study
indicated that the students faced challenges in learning speaking skills causes from teachers
teaching technique, students’ attitude towards learning speaking, lack of students’ active
participations in speaking exercises, teachers working load, constrained instructing hours and
students’ lack of confidence and motivation and the teacher had not focused on students center
teaching and learning process to equip students speaking skills. In addition, the result of the
study revealed that
lists of strategies that were used by the students to learn speaking skills
were produced grammatical expressions to learn speaking skills, using an acceptable
pronunciation to learn speaking skills, participated in role playing activities to learn speaking
skills, participated in game playing activities to learn speaking skills and participated in turn
taking activities to learn speaking skills. The result of the study indicated that students overcome
challenges they have been faced through improving their grammar skill to use for learning speaking,
improving their vocabulary skill to use for learning speaking, improving their pronunciation skill through
practice out of the class to use for learning speaking and developing confidence to speak English
language without fear. Finally, the study recommended that should participate and purposeful in
their participation in learning speaking skills.
