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

The objective of the study was to reveal introvert learners' target needs and
learning needs in English speaking activities. This study was conducted at SMPIT
Hikmatul Fadhillah, which the sample was twenty introvert learners at grade
IX that had been selected by doing a personality test. 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 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.