Speaking Ability of English Department Students of Toraja Christian University of Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to identify the students’ speaking ability. The respondent of the current research were 30 students who learn English at UKIT to collect the necessary data a documentation and interview were utilized; the data documentation is taken from students’ speaking grade from students’ academic report. The descriptive statistical result of this research shows that most students indicated have the fair level of speaking competence. In data interview, the researcher got by interviewing students of English department students, the researcher chose 10 students of 30 students to get interview data. A number of factors affect these learners’ speaking ability, including confidence levels, grammatical skills, and motivation. His suggested applying new variety model teaching style such as a model of western teacher’s styles in teaching speaking to improve students’ speaking ability.