ENGLISH STUDENTS’ AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANT SPEAKING SKILL AT ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU

Abstract

Abstract
The objective of this research is to investigate the English students’ awareness of the
important speaking skill at English Education Program of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu. The design of this research is descriptive. The population of this research is 145 students of the third and the fifth semester of English education program of UMB in academic year of 2018/2019. The sample of this research was taken randomly for 50%, they are 73 students. The result showed that the students’ awareness of the important speaking in English Study Program of Muhammadiyah University is categorized into very high level. Both the third semester and the fifth semester achieved the percentage above 80%, namely 90.8% and 90.7%. Eventhough the results are different, they are not high. The high level of awareness occurred because most of the students answer yes for allquestions in the questionnaire.
Keywords: speaking skill, students’ awareness.