Strategy of Classroom Management in Speaking Class (A Study at English Department of Tarbiyah Faculty)

This research is aimed to find out the strategies used by lecturers in managing the speaking class, and the challenges faced by lecturers in managing the speaking class. Three lecturers of English Speaking class at the English Department of Tarbiyah Faculty participated in this research. They were selected by purposive sampling. This research used classroom observation and semi-structured interview in collecting the data. Classroom observations were conducted in three classes of Public speaking class, whereas interviews were conducted with lecturers who teach speaking in Public speaking class. Based on the result of observation and interview, the researcher found that there are some strategies used by lecturer in managing the speaking class. The strategies were related to the setting of the class such as seating arrangement, maintaining discipline, get students involve actively in the learning process by applying some speaking activities, and provide such interesting topic to discuss. Furthermore, the result also indicates that there were challenges faced by participants in managing the speaking class, those are about the difficulties to get the equipment to support speaking activities, low of student’s self-confidence, and lack of vocabulary.