Proceedings of the 2nd Universitas Kuningan International Conference on System, Engineering, and Technology, UNISET 2021, 2 December 2021, Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Investigation Students’ Speaking Obstacles in Speaking Performance Using Whole Brain Teaching

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320362,
        author={Nani Ronsani Thamrin and Endang  Darsih and Vina  Agustiana},
        title={Investigation Students’ Speaking Obstacles in Speaking Performance Using Whole Brain Teaching},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Universitas Kuningan International Conference on System, Engineering, and Technology, UNISET 2021, 2 December 2021, Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={UNISET},
        year={2022},
        month={8},
        keywords={speaking skill; students’ speaking obstacles; whole brain teaching},
        doi={10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320362}
    }
    
  • Nani Ronsani Thamrin
    Endang Darsih
    Vina Agustiana
    Year: 2022
    Investigation Students’ Speaking Obstacles in Speaking Performance Using Whole Brain Teaching
    UNISET
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320362
Nani Ronsani Thamrin1,*, Endang Darsih1, Vina Agustiana1
  • 1: Universitas Kuningan, Kuningan, Indonesia
*Contact email: nani.ronsani.thamrin@uniku.ac.id

Abstract

This research has the aim of knowing the students’ speaking obstacles and the factors causing the obstacles in speaking performance in the fourth semester at Kuningan University. The research was conducted by using qualitative research. The reseracher implemented Whole Brain Teaching (WBT) to solve the problems found. The subject of the research were students of fourth semester consisting of 52 students. Qualitative data were taken from observation, questionnaire, and interview, In this research, the researcher found that there are some obstacles in speaking they are: linguistic difficulties, mother tongue use, and inhibition. While, the obstacles found were causing by some factors, they are clustering, colloquial language, stress, rythm, and intonation, environment, students’ confident, and teaching strategy. Besides, the teaching and learning process in implementing WBT (whole brain teaching) ran well. The improvement of the students in implementing WBT (whole brain teaching) It shows that in each part there is the improvement of students’ speaking scores. In line with the data, it shows that whole brain teaching method can solve the students’ speaking obstacles in speaking performance.