Wiralodra English Journal (WEJ)
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024): Wiralodra English Journal (WEJ)

STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH INFLECTIONAL –S ENDING AT SMA PANGUDI LUHUR

Agustina , Eka (Unknown)
Utami , Mega (Unknown)
Aprilia, Nanda (Unknown)
Sari, Epita (Unknown)
Ramadhoni, Ramadhoni (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Mar 2024

Abstract

This study focused on the most dominant way of Students' Pronunciation of the English Inflectional “-S” Ending at the Tenth Grade of SMA Pangudi Luhur. The writer used the quantitative content analysis method to know the dominant way students pronounce the Inflectional “-S” Ending that was produced by 43 respondents. The technique of collecting the data was an instrument test consisting of 30 words of inflectional “-S” endings of two paragraphs and observation. Techniques for analyzing the data are coding category, coding material, data display, and analyzing and interpreting the result. Moreover, from the Pronunciation of inflectional “-S” endings, there were three possible inflectional “-S” endings such as /s/, /z/, and/iz/. Based on the findings, the dominant error in students' Pronunciation of inflectional test was uninflected with /iz/ endings 1.131 (37%) words, /z/ endings 1.129 (33%) words, and /s/ 1.057 (30%) words. The most uninflected words made by the students were/iz/  and the “-S” in the third person singular present tense.

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wej

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

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Wiralodra English Journal is published twice a year, in March and September. This journal welcomes articles in the form of research reports or library research on English Education, Linguistics, Literature, and Translation that have never been submitted for consideration nor published ...