NAME :YUSTAM PASASSA’

NIM : 215 112 146

AUTHOR : GOSIPSUBANG

THE TITLE : STORY FROM THE OLD TOWN OF WEST JAVA

A. Background

Nowadays, many English courses places are available anywhere in regions. The ones
who want to enhance their ( refer to the people want to develelop speking english)English
speaking ability are provided by so many facilities in which they (the people want to learning
english) can learn from. The big number of members in the public courses is one the proof
that teenagers or even children are having a big desire to be able to speak English. However,
though so many English courses are provided it doesn’t means that people will directly have
any confidentiality to join and speak.

You (refer to the reader) can see also that actually English materials in classrooms do not
meet their( refer to the students) needs in learning English since students still seek for other
places to learn English more. Most of students learning English in the classroom are always
passively involved in its learning process. They (the students)mostly give their silence in the
class like never asking the teacher though they(the students) do not understand. Worse than
that, many teachers also do not care toward their (refer to the teachers)students’
improvement in speaking English. What they( refer to the teachers) need is just coming to the
class, giving the lesson, discussing it (no matter if the students got that or not), and
sometimes giving them homework; THAT’S ALL. The researcher finally finds a community
where the students are forced to speak English more.

Why do adults have difficulty in learning English? Because from the children ages,
interest and motivation of speaking English were never be cultivated on them. Another reason
is that the lack of English educational materials taught to them(refer to the students). The
phenomenon of hundred thousand students who fail the final examination because of their (
refer to the students)“English subject” proves the English inadequacy of students’
proficiency. Due to those conditions, the researcher believes that methods and techniques
employed in the classrooms to teach English have big impact toward students’ English
comprehension.

English Club, one of the extracurricular in a public vocational high school, has a big
concern toward students’ English ability. As so many students enroll to become English Club
members, almost all of them have “be able to speak English” as their (refer to the students).
goal in English Club. Actually, they(refer to the students). just do not have a place to express
their(refer to the students). willing to speak English. Confidentiality is the main obstacle for
them to speak. English club provide strategies that stimulate its members to actively involved
in the exercises and attain their confidentiality to speak English more.