This research was aimed to find out activities which were mostly used by the
lecturers in speaking classes as well as their reasons in using such activities in
speaking classes. This research was carried out in three speaking classes of
English Education Department. Those speaking classes were speaking 2A,
speaking 4A and speaking 4C. Three lecturers who handled those speaking
classes were chosen as the subject of this research. The teaching learning
process conducted by three lecturers in speaking classes was observed to
describe the activities that they used in teaching speaking. This observation
was done nine times in which each class was observed three times. Then, the
interview toward those three lecturers was done after finishing three times
observation in each class. This was aimed to confirm the result of observation
and to know their reasons in using those activities in speaking classes. The
result of data analysis revealed that: first, discussion was the activity mostly
used by the lecturers in speaking classes since it helped the students
comprehend deeply the material. Moreover, it also encouraged them to practice
more in speaking and have interaction with their friends. Second,
brainstorming and speech were the activities used by some lecturers. Two of
three lecturers always used those activities in their speaking classes since they
wanted to motivate her students to be ready and feel comfortable to learn. In
addition, they wanted to make their students confident to speak in front of
people by always asking them to perform a speech. Third, reporting, interview,
and information gap were the activities used by only one lecture since she did
not want to make the students feel bored by only using the same activity in
each meeting.