Communication becomes an essential aspect in language classroom because it bridges the meaning of a person’s ideas. Therefore, as foreign language learners, the students have to have a good understanding at how to interact effectively with other students. Regarding to this, the researcher considered it is crucial to investigate English Foreign Language (EFL) university students’ ways in communication during         their speaking class which includes hedges. The objectives of the research was to find out the types of hedges employed by EFL university students during their speaking class within the academic setting. This study was conducted at Politeknik LP3I Makassar and it was focused on the students in the first  semesters in subject Basic Speaking with the total participants were 23 students of one  class. The method used was descriptive qualitative method. There were 3 recordings  based on the students’ interactions in the classroom. The theory from Riekkinen and Svarova (2009) was used to analyze the data  gain. After transcribing and analyzing the data, the results showed that the students in EFL speaking class utilized some types of hedges. The hedges used involves personal evaluation, expression of limitation, expression of hesitation, and the combine hedges. Besides, the students employ hedges for some reasons.

The objectives of this research were:  to find out whether or not the use of Learn to Speak English software improves the students’ speaking skill. This research employed Quasi Experimental design. The sample consisted of 32 students of third semester of business administration, Politeknik LP3I Makassar in academic year 2019/2020. The data were collected through speaking test for the students’ speaking skill, Data on the students’ speaking skill were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, the results of the research were: The use of Learn to Speak English software in teaching speaking improved the students speaking skill, It can be concluded that the use of Learn to Speak English software is effective to be implemented in improving the students’ speaking skills in terms of fluency and lexical resource.