A Descriptive Study on the Expro-2 Students’ Speaking Ability in Performing Speaking through Guessing Game at Excellent English Course, Pare, Kediri

Abstract

This research was intended to describe the Expro-2 students’ ability in performing speaking through guessing game at Excellent English Course. Excellent English Course was chosen by purposive method with the following considerations: The question of this research was “How is the Expro-2 students’ speaking ability in performing speaking through guessing game at Excellent English Course?” Based on the results of the data analysis, it was found that among 5 indicators, the highest score of students’ ability in performing speaking through guessing game was on content 81.7/excellent category. Then, it was followed by vocabulary which was 75/good category. Next, fluency was also on good classification, in the average of 70.8. It happened due to the fact that the students felt comfortable and excited in performing speaking through guessing game. Therefore, so they could speak and express the ideas easily. In contrast, the lowest indicator was pronunciation with the percentage of 67.5/fair category. It happened because the instructor gave a little time to practice pronunciation. Also in speaking class, usually the instructor focused on students’ fluency. The last is students’ grammar, with the percentage of 68.3/fair category. Related to the teaching learning process of speaking ability through guessing game, the students seem to happily participate in the activities. It shows that games help to encourage students’ participation and motivation in the activities during the teaching learning process. In general, from the average score, most of the respondents got low score on pronunciation and grammar. Therefore, the instructor should give more exercises to the students to improve students’ grammar and pronunciation.