Students’ Efforts in Enhancing Their Speaking Skill (A Descriptive Study at Fifth Semester Students of English Education Department in IAIN Zawiyah Cot Kala Langsa)

This study aimed to find out the efforts that students made in enhancing their speaking skill conducted at the fifth semester students 2017 of English Education Department of IAIN Zawiyah Cot Kala Langsa. The study took a qualitative study as the research design. The framework of this study about students’ efforts was promoted by Pace and Kuh (1998). The subject of the study was 24 students which was selected by using purposive sampling technique. In obtaining the data, the writer used interview and questionnaire. The results of the interview and questionnaire revealed that the fifth semester students 2017 made some efforts in enhancing their speaking skill such as reading English books, taking detailed notes in the class, wathcing English movies, and performing English communication with their friends.