Marlah, Marlah (2021) Students’ Problem on English Pronunciation after Taking Phonology Course of IAIN Parepare. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Parepare.
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Abstract
Pronunciation plays an important role in communication. English pronunciation involves the production of each sound and pronunciation of phonetics, words, phrases, and sentences with correct spelling, emphasis, and or intonation. Phonetics is a part of phonology that is closely related to pronunciation. Phonology is an important subject in English language instruction. The phenomenon that occurs of students of English education Program IAIN Parepare was found that various errors occur in English pronunciation. Such errors are the sound of vowels, consonants, and diphthongs. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Students’ Problem on English Pronunciation after Taking a Phonology Course in English Department State Islamic Institute Parepare. The aims of this research were to describe the students' Problem on English Pronunciation after taking the phonology course and infer the problems are faced by students in learning phonology. The subject of this study was randomly selecting the fourth semester students of English Program of IAIN Parepare. The researcher conducted the research in a descriptive qualitative approach. The data was collected by questionnaire and interview guide. Based on the findings of the researcher, The students consider phonology as a subject that can prevent mispronouncing the words in learning English but they have been an undecided perspective in answer to the statement pronouncing the phonetic symbols (Vowels and Consonants) is difficult, it meant Phonetic symbols are new learning for some students and sometimes confuse students when studying phonology. The second research problem, the researcher found the problem faced by students in learning phonology. The research found that students studying English continue to make mistakes while pronouncing particular phonemes. There are so many things to be learned and differentiated in phonological matters (vowels and consonants differences). From the results of interviews, that some English sounds do not exist in Indonesian sounds such as /v/, /ð/, and /θ/. And students had difficulty with certain sounds which are separate phonemes in English but are not separate phonemes in Indonesian, such as short /I/ and /i:/ long sounds. English learners from Indonesia often have difficulty pronouncing English have long and short vowel sounds such as / I / and / i: / in "bits" and "beats", but English learners in Indonesia often pronounce the two vowels in the same way without any differences.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Phonology, Pronunciation, Phonetics, Students problem. |
| Subjects: | 13 EDUCATION > 1303 Specialist Studies In Education > 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified |
| Divisions: | Pascasarjana > Program Studi Magister Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Hidayatullah Hidayatullah |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2023 04:44 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2023 04:44 |
| URI: | https://repository.iainpare.ac.id/id/eprint/4354 |
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