Analysis of English skill obstacles of electrical engineering students of Politeknik Negeri Manado

Abstract

Speaking English allows a crucial problem for local students in electrical engineering. The observation shows that their specific skills are unusually limited. Though they want to get to increase the outcome processes. Development of technology communication naturally supposed to typical force them up develop specific skills of English effectively. This study focuses on a student who constantly provides unique obstacles. The purpose of this study was analyzing the English skills obstacles in Electrical Engineering. The data source is selected as the population was 25 students from the class of electrical engineering agreed to participate in this study. Using qualitative data analysis methods supported by research instruments used to anxiety with questionnaires adapted from Horwitz’s Foreign Language Anxiety Scale (FLAS). Four questions from 20 instruments were then analyzed by using Likert scale 1-5. Using the communicative approach and role-plays techniques to practice rapidly by giving a text conversation offer 3, 7 and 10 dialogues. Matched of Classroom Action Research (CAR) that consists of planning, acting, observing and reflecting with two-cycles repeatedly. The Likert analysis indicates that the participants never did practice rapidly, they have a high anxiety level of 65% and better than the other 35%. Whereas the participant who has a high anxiety level always felt difficult to speak, fear of evaluation, and to lose confidence, nervous to speak. The results are 65% lack of confidence, 64% panic, 63.2% slow and 53% difficult to memorize.

Keywords

• English skill
• learning obstacles
• foreign language learning