THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS’ SPEAKING FLUENCY LEVEL AT

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY

OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

By:

SENDI WINARYO

201610100311010

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

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THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS’ SPEAKING FLUENCY LEVEL AT

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY

OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana

Degree in English Language Education

By:

SENDI WINARYO

201610100311010

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2020

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MOTTOS AND DEDICATION

Mottos

Set your goals, find your trigger, act your thoughts, and score it

(Jihane Almira)

Dedication

This thesis is dedicated to my beloved parents, and all of my friends.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Praise to Almighty God, Alhamdulillah for blessing and guidance to finish

this thesis on time. Sholawat and Salam shall be praised to our prophet Muhammad

SAW who brings the light in this era.

This Thesis is written to fulfill the requirements for obtaining Sarjana

degree, in Faculty of Teacher Training especially in English Language Education

Department, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.

On this occasion, the author would like to thank to all of those who have

given their help and guidance for this thesis. The author would like to thank to:

1. The best gratitude to Rosalin I. Gusdian, S.S., M.A, and Khoiriyah,

S.Pd.,M.A as my supervisors in completing this thesis through the guidance

and direction as well as the encouragement that are very useful and helpful

for the preparation and writing this thesis.

2. Special thanks to beloved parents who always support me for pray and the

motivation.

3. The biggest thank to all my best friends who always support me and

accompany me to finish this thesis.

Malang, 20 October 2020

Sendi Winaryo

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TABLE OF CONTENT

MOTTOS AND DEDICATION ............................................................................... iv

AUTHOR'S DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY................................................. v

ACKNOWLEDGMENT............................................................................................ vi

TABLE OF CONTENT ............................................................................................ vii

Abstract ..................................................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER I ................................................................................................................. 1

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Research Background .................................................................................. 1

1.2 Research Problems ....................................................................................... 3

1.3 Research Objectives ..................................................................................... 4

1.4 Scope and Limitation ................................................................................... 4

1.5 Research Significances………………………………………………..…4

1.6 Definition of Key Terms .............................................................................. 5

CHAPTER II ............................................................................................................... 6

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ................................................................. 6

2.1 Speaking ....................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Fluency Level in Speaking .......................................................................... 7

2.2.1 Smoothness ........................................................................................... 7

2.2.2 Connectedness of Concepts ................................................................. 8

2.2.3 Lack of Excessive Pause ...................................................................... 8

2.2.4 Lack of Disturbing Marker of Hesitation ............................................ 8

2.3 Indicators of Fluency ................................................................................... 9

2.3.1 Speech Rate (SR) ................................................................................ 10

2.3.2 Pause Rate (PR) .................................................................................. 11

2.3.3 Disfluent Syllable (DS) ...................................................................... 12

CHAPTER III ............................................................................................................ 15

RESEARCH METHOD............................................................................................ 15

3.1 Research Design ......................................................................................... 15

3.2 Research Subject ........................................................................................ 15

3.3 Data Collection ........................................................................................... 16

a. Participant observer.................................................................................... 17

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b. Non-participant observer ........................................................................... 17

3.3.1 Technique and Instrument.................................................................. 17

3.3.2 Procedure of Data Collection............................................................. 18

3.4 Data Analysis ............................................................................................. 18

3.4.1 Fluency Scale ...................................................................................... 19

CHAPTER IV ............................................................................................................ 21

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ............................................................................. 21

4.1 Findings ...................................................................................................... 21

4.1.1 Students’ Fluency ................................................................................... 21

4.1.1.1 Speech Rate (SR) ................................................................................ 21

4.1.1.2 Pause Rate (PR) .................................................................................. 24

4.1.1.3 Disfluent Syllable (DS) ...................................................................... 26

4.1.2 Fluency Level ......................................................................................... 28

4.2 Discussion ................................................................................................... 29

CHAPTER V ............................................................................................................. 32

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .................................................................... 32

5.1 Conclusion .................................................................................................. 32

5.2 Suggestions ................................................................................................. 33

References .............................................................................................................. 34

Appendix…………………………………………………………………………36

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List of Tables

Table 1 Speech Rate………………………………………………………………22

Table 2 Pause Rate………………………………………………………………..24

Table 3 Disfluent Syllable………………………………………………………..26

Table 4 Fluency Level……………………………………………………………28

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