Analysis of the The Tenth Grade Students' Speaking Ability in Expressing Intentions at UNP Development High School

This study aims to determine the student’s ability to use an appropriate vocabulary in expressing intentions. The author uses tests for this research. The participants were 20 the tenth-grade students of MIPA 3 SMA Pembangunan UNP. Findings from data analysis, most of the students have difficulty in using an appropriate vocabulary in expressing an intention. The test was used as a research instrument by the researcher. The researcher conducted a test on vocabulary use through video recordings and an indicator table for analyzing speaking skills based on Brown’s (2001) Speech Skills Surface Strategy Taxonomy. Based on the findings and discussions above, there are 5 levels for analyzing the ability of students’ vocabulary that was developed by H. Douglas Brown (2001) and Arikunto (2010). In this study, there are 20 students had been the sample. In using an appropriate vocabulary, from the researcher, it can be concluded that both of rater 1 and 2 found that the students are in level good at choosing appropriate vocabulary. Based on the findings and discussions above, the results of this study are that most of the students have good in appropriate vocabulary but are difficult to speaking