PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SPEAKING ENGLISH OF THE STUDENTS OF VOCATIONAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Mukhtarul Anam; Tantri Tantri

doi:10.30736/ej.v7i2.338

Authors

Mukhtarul Anam English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Islam Lamongan
Tantri Tantri English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Islam Lamongan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30736/ej.v7i2.338

Keywords:

Speaking, psychological problems

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to know the studentsâ€™ psychological problems, and to know the efforts of the students to overcome their psychological problems. The research was conducted in SMKN 1 Lamongan at OTKP. The research is qualitative research. It used an observation and a semi-structured interview as a technique to collect the data. Based on the research, the researcher found that the students felt anxious, shy, fear of making mistakes and the students also got a lack of confidence when they were speaking in front of the class. The efforts to overcome their psychological problems were as follows. The students should have the self-confidence to speak, the student should master many vocabularies, and more practices speaking in English, the teacher should give motivation to the students and encourage a habit and accustom the students to use English.

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Keywords: Speaking, psychological problems

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