ENGLISH STUDENTS’ STRUGGLES TO ACHIEVE SPEAKING FLUENCY AT SPEECH DEBATING COMMUNITY STUDENTS IN ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out the students’ struggles to achieve speaking fluency at Speech Debating Community students in English Education Program of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu. This research is a descriptive quantitative research which attempts to find out the struggles that frequently used by the students to achieve speaking fluency at Speech Debating Community English Education Program students of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu. Subject of the research is the whole students of Speech Debating Community at English Language Education Study Program of UMB Academic Year 2016/2017. The students consisted of 14 students of Speech Debating Community. The instruments of this research are a questionnaire and interview. The result showed there were seven struggle which were used by speech Debating Community students in English Education Program of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu to achieve speaking fluency, they were library experiences, course learning, art, music and theatre, campus facilities, clubs and organization, personal experiences, and speaking experiences.
Key words: students’ struggle, speaking fluency, debating community.