YASINTA ANWAR, 2201416072 (2020) Indonesian Students Problems In Pronouncing Non-Existing Diphthonga of English (A Case of the Eleventh Grade Students of SMK N 2 Salatiga in the Academic Year of 2019/2020). Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

One of the difficulties in learning the English language faced by Indonesian students is how to pronounce English sounds correctly. For several Indonesian students, producing English diphthong sounds is difficult especially English diphthong sounds which do not exist in Indonesian ([ɪə], [ʊə], [eɪ], [eə], and [oʊ]). This study analyzed the Indonesian students’ problems in pronouncing English diphthong sounds. The objective of this study was to describe how well the English diphthong sounds are pronounced by the students, to find out the kind of errors that are mostly found in the pronunciation of students and find out the factors causing the students errors. The subject was 35 students of the eleventh grade of SMK N 2 Salatiga. The instruments were the production test containing English diphthong sounds and interviews. The results of both are used as the source of the data collection. In determining the achievement, the level of criterion by Tinambunan’s criterion was used. Based on the data analysis, the total average incorrect numbers of English diphthong sounds in pronunciation made by students was 69% which was categorized as fair. While the kinds of errors are mostly found in the students’ pronunciation English diphthong sounds were substitution and insertion errors. According to the result of the interview, the causes of the errors were unfamiliarity of knowing English diphthong sounds, so the sounds of English appeared to pronounce with the closest Indonesian sounds.

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