Vol 5 No 1 (2011) Acceleration and Improvement of the Quality and Quantity of Education Through the Provision of ODL Programs in SEA Countries

Siti Era Mardiani - Universitas Terbuka

Abstract

The aim of this research is to prove that the students' fluency in speaking English is not necessarily followed by the accuracy in using it. The research employed total sampling technique and 132 students were chosen as samples. Data was gathered by observation and documents. Analysis was done based on their speaking exam results which are divided between the fluency and accuracy scores (secondary data). The result of the analysis shows that the number of students whose fluency score is higher than its accuracy one is higher than those whose fluency score is the same as the accuracy one. It can be concluded that individual differences play an important role in building the fluency and accuracy of their speaking English.