Linguistics in English Speaking for English Foreign Language Learners Euis Rahayu Ningsih 2016850035 Muhammadiyah University of Jakarta euisrahayu9@gmail.com Abstract Speaking is an interactive process of constructing meaning that involves producing and receiving and processing information (Brown, 1994; Burns & Joyce, 1997). Speaking is one of the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking). It is the means through which learners can communicate with others to achieve certain goals or to express their opinions, intentions, hopes and viewpoints. Most English students as a foreign language (EFL) do not have enough opportunities to practice their English skills. However, to master speaking is not an easy thing. And as a matter of fact, there are still many learners who have learned English for some years have not been able to speak fluently. Brown (2007) states that the difficulties the learners find in speaking are due to the fact that they have to focus on forms and function of the language. Further, Ellis (1994) also states that speaking has two sequential phases: planning and execution. Planning is done when speakers think of what utterance to produce to impact the listeners and execution is the realization of planning into words, phrases and sentences. To cope with the difficulties in speaking and to speak fluently, learners need to understand well about linguistics in English speaking learning. The linguistic knowledge in English consists of the ability to analyze and recognize the structural features and components in the language. The building blocks of the communication are grammatical points which make the structure of a language. This paper tries to share ideas of linguistics to improve EFL learners’ speaking skill. Introduction Speaking is one of the communication means to express our ideas or opinion. Speaking is important because to be able to function in another language is characterized by being able to use