The Strategies In Speaking English at Grade X Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the students’ strategies in speaking English as foreign language. This research was conducted at the tenth-grade students of SMK Negeri 2 Palu in the academic year 2020/2021. There were 36 students selected as sample of the research. The researcher applied descriptive method as the design. The data were obtained from interview and questionnaire. The result of this research show that the strategies used by students are: cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies, communication strategies, social strategies, socio-affective strategies, direct strategies (memory and compensation), indirect strategies (affective), management and planning strategies, communicative-experiential strategies, and interpersonal strategies. Most of the students use those strategies in their classroom activities and daily life based on their answers in interview.