Journal of English Education and Teaching (JEET) e-ISSN: 2622-5867 p-ISSN: 2685-743x Volume 4 number 2, June 2020 Page 195-205 195 Problems of Electrical Engineering Department Students of Polytechnic of Raflesia in Speaking English in Group Presentation Desti Ariani Polytechnic of Raflesia-Rejang Lebong arin_desti@yahoo.co.id Abstract This descriptive study was conducted to investigate the problems faced by Electrical Engineering Department Students of Polytechnic of Raflesia in speaking English in group presentation. 27 students of the second semester were purposefully taken as the sample. Observation checklist and field note were used to collect the data on students’ problems. The interview then was conducted to those who were evidenced to have speaking problems seen from the data perceived earlier from observation. The data taken were analyzed by classifying them into linguistics and psycholinguistic problems and presenting them in the term of percentage. The study revealed that the dominant linguistic problem of the students in speaking English was their poor pronunciation. It was 16 students (59, 26%) among 27 students who were evidenced to have this problem. Meanwhile the major psycholinguistic problem was the students’ anxiety in using the language which was presented by 15 students (55, 56%). Keywords: Polytechnic, Speaking Skill, Group Presentation INTRODUCTION Nowadays, Polytechnic becomes one of the institutions which are expected to produce high skilled workers needed for industry. The national, moreover the international industry requires their candidate of employee not only to have specific skill based on their major but also to have a language skill both written and spoken. English language, in this case, takes the priority to be learned by students since its role and status in the globalization era. English, nowadays, is regarded as the primary language used for international communication (Graddol, 2006). Thus, the communication takes various parts of human life such as technology, science, education, and even social.