The Speaking Skill of Indonesian Language of Students Grade IV SDN Inpres Dasan Baru

Abstract

Indonesian Language is still difficult to learn by almost every beginner learner who lives in a rural area of Indonesia which is far enough from the capital city. In this situation, Indonesian language which stands as an official language in this country becomes a second language whereas, the traditional language is, a mother tongue. This research is a qualitative research that aims to describe speaking skill of Indonesian language of the fourth grade of Elementary School at SDN Inpres Dasan Baru, and some factors that influence the development of Indonesian language speaking skill. The data is collected through four different ways: interview, observation, documentation, and purposive tasks. After analyzing the whole results, the researchers had found that the score of speaking skill is at medium level of the average, the development of speaking skill is mostly influenced by their family socio-economy status, relation of friendship, bilingualism, and environment.