THE PROBLEMS OF THAI STUDENTS IN MASTERING ENGLISH SPEAKING SKILLS IN THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF LAMONGAN

English speaking skills are very important to communicate in the world. Most of the people communicate with other people by using speaking skills. The difficult skill to master in learning English for Thai students is speaking skills, especially those who are learning English in Indonesia speaking skill seems to be the most difficult one to learn. Whereas, it is the most important skill that leads to effective communication between people. Speaking skill is considered as the most important means of communication. Although students still have problems with their English speaking skills. Thai students who study at the English department academic still get problems in speaking skills and it needs overcoming with their English problems. The main objective of this study is to know the problems of Thai students in mastering English speaking skills in the Islamic university of Lamongan (Indonesia).


Linguistic Problem
Linguistics is the study of languages. Linguistic problems are the factors which come from the language itself and cause difficulties in language.
In general, the linguistics of learners consists of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation that are language problems.

a. Vocabulary
Vocabulary is a group of words, a sound group that have meaning in speaking and writing.
Vocabulary is an important part of every language to communicate the meaning, needs or knowledge in using language in communication.

b. Grammar
Grammar is the learning of correct sentences and structures to increase skills and ability to use language in speaking and writing.
Grammar is an important role in creating words and sentences (oxford, 2008

a. The Student
In the teaching and learning process students play an important part. They have different talents, styles, attitudes and others. The best time to learn English speaking skills is the language needs of the students and has free time, motivation and opportunity at that time.

b. The Teacher
A teacher is someone who helps students and gives educational advice and helps students to learn and  Starut, 2013). The environment in the school is another factor that helps to encourage students to learn and develop faster.

b. Attitude
Attitude is another emotional factor in learning and it is the way that you think and feel with someone or something and to do something shows how you think and feel. Some English learners have negative thinking about language, which may lead to lack of motivation, lack of self-confidence, anxiety, stress, and fear of making mistakes.

c. Accent
Another problem that Thai students may face in learning English is accent because they do not know the perfect accent and good Accents.
Accent is the way of pronouncing words. English language has different accents such as American and British.
If the learner has an accent like a native speaker, it will be very good for communication and make it easier to understand.

English as a Foreign Language in Thailand
English is one of the common languages in the world today. In Thailand, English is a foreign language (EFL) and English became the most prestigious foreign language during the reign of King Rama .
Nowadays, English is the important language to be learned especially for E-Link Journal Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020) p- ISSN: 2085ISSN: -1383e-ISSN: 2621-4156 Thai people in developing education, business, and personal development as well. English is the language that people use in international communication.
Speaking skills are therefore important for Thai people to develop themselves. In Thailand, English is a foreign language (EFL), not a second language (L2).
However, English is an important language to learn because it is needed for education and communication.

RESEARCH METHOD
The research is descriptive qualitative with a case study as design of

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
The subjects were interviewed on For instance, when the problems deal with Grammar, they are, then, written as Data P-G. When they are associated with Vocabulary, they are named as Data P-V.
It goes so for other kinds of problems.
After finishing the interview with the four Thai students, the researcher can find the data and identify the problems. Some of the data findings related to problems faced by Thai students can be seen in Data (1), (2), (3) and (4) below.
(1) "I confused when I communicated with friends, some words is difficult to understand because their pronunciation and some words my friend not understand with my pronunciation because the pronunciation of each person is different", ---Data P-P. 1, subject1, February 4, 2020.
(2) "When I talk to my friends, I get confused about grammar and I don't know how to use past or present sentence", ---Data P-G. 2, subject3, February 14, 2020. (

3) "The vocabulary is one of my problems to speak English. When I want to speak English I always think about vocabulary and worry about that because I lack in vocabulary.
That makes me unconfident to communicate with English language", ---Data P-V. 2, subject1, February 4, 2020.
(4) "The accent is one of my problem in speaking skill, in here some teacher's accent is wrong that makes me not improve to speak English", ---Data P-A. 1, subject1, February 4, 2020.
(5) "For environment is very important but environment in campus is full of friends who speak Indonesia and Java language to communicate", ---Data P-E. 2, subject2, February 6, 2020.