THE EFFECT OF INFERIORITY ON SPEAKING ABILITY; A CASE STUDY CONDUCTED TO THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This study aimed to know about student’s inferiority at English Department of Department of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo in The Academic Year 2012/2013. It did analysis of the level of students’ inferiority, the causes of feeling inferior in the speaking class, and the effect of inferiority on the student’s speaking ability. In this research, the researcher as the research instrument collected the data by questionnaire and documentation. From analyzing the data, the result presented that there is effect of inferiority on speaking ability. The inferiority made the students feel uneasy, aloof, worried, and low. It influenced their speaking score to be low.  However, not all students felt like that. There some exceptional students who do different in order to their inferiority. The effect itself depends on the respondents themselves. There were some students who choose for striving to be superior (got high speaking score), although they had high inferiority. However, there were other students who give up with their inferiority and got low speaking score. Keywords: Effect, Inferiority, Speaking.