The Problem Faced by English Department Students in Speaking English.

Speaking has always been seen as an important skill in language learning. As the purpose of speaking is conveying meaning, fluency always become more essential and required more attention. However, many English Students, especially in Indonesia, faced disfluency. There are 4 types of disfluency; Hesitation, Interjection, Repetition and Revision. In exploring English students disfluency in speaking English, a study entitle “The problem faced by English Department Students in speaking English” was arranged into two research questions that are: What is the dominant types of disfluency occurred among English Department student of UIN Ar-Raniry when they speak in English and What strategies are students used in coping with disfluency problem in speaking English. It is expected that this research contributes some significant progress namely as an access to understand the process of English Speech Production and teachers of English subject can predict the students’ types of speech disfluency and its strategy. Thirty-three participants of this qualitative study were chosen purposively; who already took speech and communication management class. Data for this study were gathered from Questionnaires and Interview. The finding showed that students experienced 60% more frequent on revision type of disfluency in speaking English. It was because speaking requires limit time and the quick process of thinking. Students applied gesture to assist their speaking. Moreover, using simple words would also a good strategy to decrease the disfluent in speaking.