Journal of English Language and Education
Vol 10, No 6 (2025)

The Analysis of Students’ Errors in Pronouncing English Consonant Sounds in Reading Aloud

Fitri, Mainar (Unknown)
Fauziah, Miftahul (Unknown)
Nurzena, Nurzena (Unknown)
Mirawati, Mirawati (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2025

Abstract

EFL learners often make errors in pronouncing English consonant sounds either in speaking or in reading aloud. Most previous studies researched on students’ errors in pronouncing English sounds in speaking and reading aloud. However, a few studies were conducted on analyzing students’ errors in pronouncing consonant sounds in reading aloud. So, this research aimed to describe the most dominant error made by  the students in pronouncing English consonant sounds at a state senior high school in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. The research design used was descriprive quantitative. The instrument used was an oral test. The result showed that the most dominant error made by the students in pronouncing consonant sounds was dental sound “th” [θ] with the percentage of errors 91%. It can be concluded that most of the students  make errors in pronouncing dental sounds “th” [θ].

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jele

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Journal of English Language and Education (pISSN: 2597-6850 and eISSN: 2502-4132) is a journal that focuses on researching or documenting issues in education, language education, applied linguistics, English education, English language teaching, English Literature, language assessment and ...