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Problems Related to the Learning of English Pronunciation at the First Year Students of English Department Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar Haris, Kurnia; Saiful; AM, St. Asmayanti
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): JLTA:Journal of Language Testing and Assessment
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56983/jlta.v3i1.460

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This research aimed to investigate the problems of pronouncing diphthongs and to reveal the factors causing the problems of pronouncing diphthongs at the First Year Students of English Department Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar. The researcher used Descriptive qualitative research in this researh. The researcher used document analysis and inteview as intruments in data collection. The researcher took 10 students from the second semester of English Department as sample in this research.The findings of this research showed that there were two problems faced by the students of pronouncing diphthongs, including the students monophthongized the diphthong sounds to pure vowel sounds and substituted one diphthong sounds with other diphthong sounds. Meanwhile, the factors that cause the students problems of pronouncing diphthong sounds are the influence of mother tongue, lack of knowledge in diphthong materials, lack of practice, difficult to memorize diphthong sounds, fossilization, and lack of motivation.
TEACHING ENGLISH EXPERIENCE IN KAMPUS MENGAJAR (KM) PROGRAM: A DESCRIPTIVE QUALITATIVE STUDY ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MAKASSAR Ramadhani, Aisyah Anastazia; Saiful; Mahmudah, Dzur Rif'ah
Journal of Language Testing and Assessment Vol. 4 No. 2 (2024): Journal of Language Testing and Assessment (JLTA)
Publisher : FKIP Unismuh Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56983/jlta.v4i2.902

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This study aims to find out challenges that faced by English Education Department Students at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar when teaching English in the Kampus Mengajar (KM) program and strategies that English Education Department Students used to overcome the challenges that arise. This study is descriptive qualitative method and uses interview as an instruments to collect data. In which the number of subjects in this study were six of English Education Department Students who participated in the Kampus Mengajar (KM) program. The results of the study indicate there were several challenges faced by English Education Department students when teaching English in the Kampus Mengajar (KM) program, namely pronunciation problems, students lack knowledge about English, students’ lack of enthusiasm and limited school’s facilities. Meanwhile the strategies were used by English Education Department students to overcome the challenges that arise, namely repeating lessons, using pictures and also using games