Factors Affecting Students’ Non-Fluency in Speaking English: A Case in Bina Nusantara University

This study aimed to see phenomena of students’ English non-fluency, its possible cause and later provide insight for educator or in developing English speaking fluency of the students from various background. 116 Students were observed through their speaking task analysis and it was found that 76% of the students produce mispronounced pronunciation on and 94% of the students did grammatical errors during their speaking test. Later, e-questionnaire were delivered to 127 students in which they were asked several question that delve possible factors influencing their influency such as Linguistic factors, Psycholinguistic factors, Age, Sociolinguistic factors, Bilingualism, Individual difference or attitude, Developmental factors, and Frequency of input. It is found that they are predominantly from Javanese and Chinese descent. 84 of them starts learning English when they are around Elementary school. 57 of them speak English in both focused and unfocused context, and 41 of them master 3 languages which are earned on different developmental factors. 39 of them have never taken any English course al all, 85 of them has never lived abroad and 60 of them mentioned that they are just sometimes being in an English speaking environment. These all indicates low frequency of input and exposure of English.