AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ SPEAKING STRATEGIES AND THEIR PROBLEM IN SPEAKING SKILL AT THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF IAIN KERINCI ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021

The purpose of this study was to know the speaking strategy that used by students and their problems in speaking skill. The research was conducted at the sixth semester students in the English Department. This research was about 'An Analysis of Students' Speaking Strategies and Their Problems in Speaking Skill at the Sixth Semester Students of the English Department of IAIN Kerinci Academic Year 2020/2021'. In this research, the researcher used a mixed method research design in sequential explanatory type. The researcher choose students semester sixth as population that consisted 51 students. The researcher used total sampling technique to determine the sample of quantitative, and used purposive sampling to qualitative. In collecting the data, the researcher used questionnaire to quantitative, and interview to qualitative. The researcher analyzes the data by using descriptive analysis. The researcher used SPSS (Statistical Program for Social Science) 20.0 for windows to analyze the data of questionnaires. While, to analyze the data of interview the researcher used three major phases, they were: data reduction, data display and drawing conclusion. From the data analysis, the researcher found the speaking strategy that used by students and students' problems in speaking skill of the English Department of IAIN Kerinci as follow: (1) The speaking strategy that mostly used by students was Metacognitive Speaking Strategy, while Memory Speaking Strategy was the strategy that least used by students. (2) The students' problems in speaking skill were still lack of vocabulary. In general they still have difficulty distinguishing vocabulary that has the same meaning. In addition, the speed of speaker was also a factor that affects their speaking skill. Not only that, they were still afraid, felt anxiety, and shy in English Speaking.