Students' Perception towards English Camp in Kampung Inggris Pare on Improving Their Speaking Skill

Cut Shafira At Thahira, Siti Sarah Fitriani, Dohra Fitrisia

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Speaking is the most critical of the four skills and requires the student's full attention and concentration. This research aims to determine students' perception of English Camp on EFL undergraduate USK students' speaking skills. This research was conducted using qualitative research methods. This study included seven undergradute students from Universitas Syiah Kuala. Interviews were used to collect research data. In collecting the data, the interviewees were selected by using purposive sampling. The seven chosen participants enrolled in the Kampung Inggris Pare (An English Camp Program in Pare). The results showed that Kampung Inggris Pare improved students' speaking skills. These improvements include mastering adequate vocabulary, improving pronunciation and fluency in speech, improving grammar and comprehension ability, and establishing self-confidence. These components work together to help students enhance their speaking skills to confront the numerous problems they face when speaking. The result of this research shows that English camp plays an essential role in improving students' speaking skills, such as the introduction of new vocabulary and improvement of pronunciation, fluency in speech, increase in self-confidence, improvement of comprehension skills, and grammar improvement. Thus, their performance on campus is improving, as well as their fluency in speaking skills in daily life.


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perception, English camp, language skills improvement, speaking skill.

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