Abstract :
ABSTRACT
This study aimed at knowing students’ dominant problems in speaking and students’ strategies in
overcoming their speaking problems. In this study the researcher used qualitative research. The
subject of this study was the students’ of the eleventh grade of at MA NW Montong Mas consisted
of 12 students’. Observation, interview and questionnaire were used for collecting data. The result
of this study showed that students’ got the problems in speaking, the students’ dominant problems
those were anxiety of speaking, unavailability environment and lack of vocabularies. In solving
the students’ problem in speaking, the students’ used some strategies those were role-play, tellingstory and games.
Key words: speaking, strategy, students’ problems