The Impacts of Attending and not Attending English Meeting Clubs on The Students’ Speaking Achievement at University

Abstract

This research design used a mixed method design. This research approach that aimed to find out the students’ responses in attending English meeting clubs, the students’ reasons for not attending English meeting clubs, and the impacts of English meeting clubs on students’ speaking achievement. Purposive sampling was used to collect samples from the students of English Department at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar. The instruments used in this study were questionnaire and interview. The result of the research showed that the majority of the students had positive responses toward students in attending English meeting clubs. Few of students had reasons for not attending English meeting clubs because they prefer to learn English on social media and they don’t have friend to attend together. Meanwhile, the benefit of attending English meeting clubs includes vocabulary, fluency, grammar, comprehension, self-confidence, pronunciation, motivation, interest, and positive atmosphere. Most of the students’ scores fall into to the good category. Besides, the impacts of not attending English meeting clubs, they were a lack of vocabulary, poor writing skills, a lack of grammar, a lack of comprehension, and a failure to relax in class.