TEKNOSASTIK
Vol 16, No 1 (2018): TEKNOSASTIK

An Analysis on the Tendency of Pronunciation Made by Students with Indonesian Linguistic Background

Ranni Putri Stefani (Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia)
Ahmad Roba’i (Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Apr 2019

Abstract

The compulsory of speaking English to communicate at campus environment made the writers interested in the tendency of English pronunciation made by English students with Indonesian linguistic background. The question appeared was what kinds of difficulties that the learners face when they pronounce English words or when they speak in English. The objective was to find out the tendency of the mistakes they make. The data were collected by conducting direct observation in and outside classes. The talks or presentations made by the students were recorded. From the observation, the writers listed mispronounced words. The writers then used the words in written sentences and asked students to read those sentences. The students were also interviewed in order to have another measurement to determine the tendency occurring in the data. As results, most of the mispronunciation problems found were related to vowels, consonants and word stress. These are the most noticeable findings among other issues discovered after conducting the research.Key Words: English, foreign language, mispronunciation, phonetics, phonology

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Journal Info

Abbrev

teknosastik

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Jurnal Teknosastik (P-ISSN: 1412-9655, E-ISSN: 2656-6842) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal published in Indonesia by the Faculty of Arts and Education, Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia. This journal aims to facilitate and promote the dissemination of scholarly information on research and ...