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ENGLISH SPEAKING CLUB TO BUILD UP STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL Muthmainnah Mursidin; Sulviana Sulviana; Ningsih Ningsih
ADHILINGUA: Journal of Language Education, Lilnguistics and Literature Vol 1 No 1 (2023): VERBA: Journal of English Language Issues, Trends and Studies
Publisher : English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Islam Makassar

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The objective of this research are: (1) to determine whether or not students' speaking skills are enhanced by the English speaking club, (2) , to determine whether or not students' self-confidence is enhanced by the club. Students in their second year at SMPN 25 Makassar were the subjects of this study. This research made use of experimental research methods. The research involved two classes: one that served as a control and one that served as an experiment. There were three types of tests used to collect the data: pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. In this study, a quasi-experimental approach was used. Forty students from two different classes were involved. The experimental group received instruction from an English speaking club, while the control group used conventional way. In order to get the numbers, SPSS 24 was used. Upon examination, the statistics were determined to be consistent and within normal limits. This study's findings reveal a notable disparity in the level of proficiency in oral communication between students who participated in an English speaking club and those who did not. As the p-value is less than or equal to 0.05, the calculated significance value of 0.00 is less than or equal to 0.05. Consequently, we accept the null hypothesis as the basis for our investigation. It means that the English speaking club effectively build up the students’ self-confidence in speaking skill at the second year’s student of SMPN 25 Makassar.
THE ERROR ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS' PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH VOWEL Ningsih Ningsih; Mulyadi Mulyadi; Rizka Indahyanti
ADHILINGUA: Journal of Language Education, Lilnguistics and Literature Vol 2 No 3 (2024): VERBA: Journal of English Language Issues, Trends and Studies
Publisher : English Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Islam Makassar

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The objective of this research was to find out the kinds of students’ errors in pronunciation English vowels at UPT SMA Negeri 14 Maros and to know the causes of students’ errors in pronunciation English vowel of the students at UPT SMA Negeri 14 Maros. It employs a qualitative descriptive approach, with class X.4 students as the subjects. Data collection used oral tests and interview. The pronunciation errors of English vowels by students at UPT SMA Negeri 14 Maros were influenced by several factors. The first factor was the students' first language, which led to habitual errors through imitation, mishearing, or mispronunciation. Another factor was carelessness, which was often linked to a lack of motivation. The most mispronounced diphthongs were /e?/, /a?/, and /au/. The researcher concluded that these diphthongs had the highest error rates among the students. The researcher found most of students made error in pronounce diphthong /e?/ with frequency 64 errors. The second level of error was / a? / with 63 errors. The last is diphthong /au/ with 39 errors It seem that the students still not approprite on use diphthong pronounciation correctly.