Amaliah, Fitra (2021) Analysing Students’ Error in Pronouncing Minimal Pair Words by Using Praat Application of English Program at IAIN PAREPARE. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Parepare.

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Abstract

This research aimed to described pronunciation error and correct pronunciation in English consonants and vowels by the participants. Then, the researcher identified who made error in pronouncing English consonants and vowels. Finally, the researcher analyzed how many of them who made error in pronouncing and describes what factors caused them to made a mispronunciation. This research focused on pronunciation error committed by English Program students in IAIN Parepare. They are the sixth and eighth semester. The data consisted of 10 students from two semester. Furthermore, all of the students that participate there are 20 students. To analyze the data, the researcher chosen minimal pair words which are focused on fourth teen English consonant sounds: /θ/ /ð/ /t/ /d/ /s/ /z/ /f/ /v/ /ʒ/ /k/ /g/ /ʔ/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/, then twelve vowel sounds, there are: /əʊ/ /eɪ/ /eə/ /ɪə/ /ɪ/ /e/ /iː/ /ɑː/ /ʌ/ /æ/ /ɔ:/ /ɜ:/. The researcher used descriptive qualitative as design of this research. The used of instrument to collecting the data were the pronunciation test and interview, where the students were asked to pronounce a bunch of word that already includes of minimal pair words. For the result of this research, it showed that the most pronunciation error made by students of English Program at IAIN Parepare in English consonant sounds were /f/ and /v/. The students who made pronunciation errors was 19 students from 20 participants which are 95%, and in vowel sounds were ɔː and əʊ. The students who made pronunciation errors was 18 students from 20 participants which are 90%. Based on the data sources of pronunciation error committed by English Program students, the causes of students' pronunciation error occur because of the negative transfer of students' native language to target language. Most of the students who made error in the sounds that did not exist in their mother tongue replaced them into similar sound that existed in their native language. The unsuccessful in learned the target language also found as the causes of students' error in pronunciation. As the evidence, the students' read an unfamiliar word just by it written form. That might cause of pronunciation errors there are lack of learning English and students’ daily activities.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Analysis Error, Pronunciation, Minimal Pair Words, Praat Application.
Subjects: 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2003 Language Studies > 200301 Early English Languages
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah > Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Andi Khaerul
Date Deposited: 18 Aug 2022 02:05
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2022 02:05
URI: https://repository.iainpare.ac.id/id/eprint/3687

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