Royyan Alfiyan Hasan, 2201412137 (2016) STUDENTS’ ERROR IN PERCEPTION OR PRODUCTION OF PRONOUNCING ENGLISH SOUNDS THAT DO NOT EXIST IN INDONESIAN (A CASE STUDY OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 2 DEMAK IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016). Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Hasan, Royyan Alfiyan. 2016. Students‟ Error in Perception or Production of Pronouncing English Sounds that do not Exist in Indonesian (A Case Study of the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 2 Demak in the Academic Year 2015/2016). A Final Project, English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Semarang State University. First Advisor: Drs. Amir Sisbiyanto, M. Hum., Second Advisor: Novia Trisanti, S.Pd, M.Pd. Keywords: Students error, Perception, Production, English Sounds. This final project is about an analysis of students‟ error in perception and production of pronouncing English sounds that do not exist in Indonesian. The aims of this research were to describe how well the students perceive and pronounce sounds [v, θ, ð, ʒ, dʒ, t∫] and to explain the most common problems faced by the students in learning those sounds whether at the level of perception or production. The subject of the research was the eighth grade students of SMP N 2 Demak. Thirty students were taken as the representations in this research. They were given 90 test items for listening test and 30 test items for speaking test containing English words that do not exist in Indonesian to be perceived and pronounced. In listening test, they were doing the test in a piece of paper and in speaking test they pronounced some words given to be recorded. It was used as the source of the data collection. There are two kinds of data, informal quantification and qualitative data. Informal quantification data was containing students‟ score in listening and speaking tests. Qualitative data was containing all of description and interpretation of their scores. Based on the analysis of the data, it was found that 28.56% out of all students made errors in perception test, while 52% out of the students made errors in production test. It can be concluded that they were performing better in perceiving sounds [v, θ, ð, ʒ, dʒ, t∫] than producing it. They could distinguish those sounds by listening, but they were still having difficulties in pronouncing it in production test. Based on the results above, it is concluded that the students found difficulties in perception and production of English sounds that do not exist in Indonesian. Therefore, it is suggested that the students need to learn and practice more in listening and speaking to improve their ability in perceiving and pronouncing those sounds. For the teachers, it is suggested that they should find an effective way to develop their students‟ pronunciation and listening skill

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