AN ANALYSIS OF INTROVERT LEARNERS’ NEED ANALYSIS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING ACTIVITY AT SMP-IT HIKMATUL FADHILLAH

Abstract

The objective of the study was to reveal introvert learners' target needs and learning
needs in English speaking activities. This study was conducted at SMP-IT Hikmatul
Fadhillah, which the sample was twenty introvert learners at grade IX that had been
selected by doing a personality test, which using Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
(EPQ). The research method was qualitative descriptive. The data was collected by
distributing the questionnaire and interviewing ten representative introvert learners
and English-speaking teacher. The item questions were adapted from English for
Specific Purposes – A learning Centred Approach by Hutchinson & Waters (1987)
and Curriculum Development in Language Teaching by Jack Richards (2001).The
results revealed that introvert learners need to learn English because they wanted to
get a good career in the future, and introvert learners wanted to be able to speak
English with their friends at school every day, and so that it can be used as their daily
communication. As long as they study in their class, the most common problems they
faced were pronunciation, grammar, and difficulty participating in discussions.
Therefore, introvert learners were very interested in learning more about
pronunciation. Introvert learners need a quiet atmosphere, and they like to study alone
or in pairs. Introvert learners learned easier by listening to something, such as
listening to English songs or podcasts, even in class they were easier to understand by
listening to the teacher's explanation. With these conditions, introverted learners need
teachers who can make them more active in class but still comfortable for them.