It is obvious that English is a main language needed by many people all over the
world since it has a great impact in so many aspects of life such as education,
tourism, economic, etc. The importance of learning English is not only in written
form but also how it can be used especially in daily life since it has been a mean of
communication used by people around the world (Lathifah, 2015). It is supported by
Ingram & Sasaki (2003) who say that mastering English speaking can bring people
to be able to communicate with other people from different countries, so that
English speaking becomes an important skill to learn and develop.
Particularly, speaking is one of skills which have to be mastered by students in
learning English (Mustafa, 2015). Speaking is a medium for the students to
understand materials taught by teachers and it becomes the top source of learning a
language for the students (Al Hosni, 2014). The paradigm that develops in society is
if one student has a good ability in speaking, it means that he has succeed in learning
a language (Mahripah, 2014). In other words, it becomes a parameter for students
whether they have reached successful language learning.
However, mastering English speaking seems never been an easy job for the students.
Speaking needs an interpersonal skill to express what we feel, think, and our
judgement towards one aspect of life (Mahripah, 2014). Therefore, there is a
frustrated reality for many EFL students that they still difficult to use English in
speaking even though they have learned it for so many years at schools (Alonso,
2012). This is what happened with Indonesian students when they are learning
English. They start to learn English from the early age in Elementary School for six
years, then continue to learn it in Junior and Senior High School for six years, but
unfortunately their English language acquisition is underdeveloped particularly in
speaking area.