A Descriptive Study on Students Speaking Ability
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The purpose of this research is to figure out the students' ability in speaking English. This research used a descriptive study and data collection using a speaking test. The subject of this research was students in third grade of SMK Negeri 2 Kota Tegal. The research was distributed in two OTKP classes with 18- 20 students in each class. The total sample in this study is 39 students in the OTKP class. The researcher used five aspects of speaking to determine the assessment criteria. The five aspects are pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. The result of the speaking test can be concluded that the speaking ability of OTKP class students for the 2021/2022 academic year is at a good level. This is evidenced by more than 21 (54 %) students who got a good level. In addition, as many as 15 (38%) students also got an average to a good level. 3 students have poor to the average level (8%). From the fifth aspect of speaking, fluency got the lowest score (592). Meanwhile, the aspect that got the highest score is comprehension (634).
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