Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 8, No 3 (2019)

An Analysis of Students’ English Word Stress Errors Made by the Final Year Students of English Department at Universitas Negeri Padang

Rada Ayu Pareza (Unknown)
Ratmanida Ratmanida (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Aug 2019

Abstract

The objective of this research was to identify and to analyze the common type of English word stress errors made by the final year students of English Department at Universitas Negeri Padang based on Academic Word List and also to find out the students’ level of error in English word stress. The research subject was K2-2016 class which consisted of 30 students selected by using cluster random sampling technique. The technique of data collection was speaking test. In analyzing the data, the researcher used Speech Analyzer Software. From the result of the test, the researcher found that the common type of stress error that made by the students was misplaced stress (81.8%) from all the errors occured. The mean of students’ level of error in English word stress was 45.9% which categorized as low error level.Key words: Word Stress, Stress Error, Level of Error

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Teaching is a journal published by English Language Teaching Study Program of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. This journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or ...