Nur Fitriyanti , 2201413174 (2019) Students’ Pronunciation Errors: A Case Study of Universitas Negeri Semarang’s Students of English Debate Course 2015. Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

This study was conducted among students of English debate course in English Department of Universitas Negeri Semarang. The objectives of this study were to describe the pronunciation errors made by students of English debate course of English Department of Universitas Negeri Semarang 2015 and to know the relation between pronunciation errors and the students’ dialect. The method of this study was case study method to know the unclear phenomena of the students pronunciation errors and the relation between students’ erros and students’ dialect. The subjects of this study were 25 students from debate class. The way they delivered their arguments were more natural because they more focus on their content of argument, agreement, or disagreement rather than their accuracy in pronunciation. The errors were identified during their performance. The questionnaire was used to know the students’ language background. The result of the analysis data showed that: 59% vowels such as vowels /ɪ/, /ə/, /æ/, /i:/, /ɒ/, /e/, /ʌ/, /ɜː/, /ɔ:/, /u:/, /eə/, /eɪ/,/oʊ/, /ɪə/, /aʊ/, /aɪ/, /ʊ/ and 41% consonants such as consonants /dʒ/, /ʃ/, /ð/, /θ/, /z/, /w/, /h/ ,/d/, /v/, /g/, / tʃ /, /ʒ/ were mispronounced by the students. There was a tendency of student’s mother tongue interference in their English pronunciation. It is suggested that more drills are given in pronouncing the English words for accuracy, especially on the sounds that are commonly mispronounced.

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