The Difficulties of Non-English Department Students Encounter In Learning English Speaking

Nowadays not only English department students are demanded to use English for communication but also Non-English department students demanded to at least can speak English well. The purpose of this research is to identify the difficulties of non-English department students encounter in learning speaking and to know the strategies that are commonly used by the students. This research used a mixed-method. To collect the data, the writer used interview and questionnaire. The research participants of this research were 45 students at Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty who took English subject in their first semester. The researchers purposively choose 7 students from the questionnaire result to be the interviewee. The result of this study showed that students difficulties because they are afraid of making mistakes, lack of proficiency, have no interest in speaking English, and have no support from the environment. Besides that, there are strategies suggested by students include making preparations and practicing with friends, remain to be silent, listening to English songs, and watching western movies, and the last is preferred to speak English with friends rather than speak with the family.