Variations of English Pronunciation and Errors Made by the English Department Students Year 2012 Faculty of Cultural Sciences Universitas Gadjah Mada
This research focuses on English pronunciation made by English Department Students year 2012 Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada. It aims to investigate the variations of English pronunciation and errors related to 4 English diphthongs [eɪ], [aɪ], [ɪ�] and [e�] and to find out...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed |
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2013
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| Online Access: | https://repository.ugm.ac.id/121389/ http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=61474 |
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| Institution: | Universitas Gadjah Mada |
| Summary: | This research focuses on English pronunciation made by English
Department Students year 2012 Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah
Mada. It aims to investigate the variations of English pronunciation and errors
related to 4 English diphthongs [eɪ], [aɪ], [ɪ�] and [e�] and to find out the factors
that contribute to the erroneous pronunciation. This research involved 25 English
Department students class of 2012, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas
Gadjah Mada who were asked to read 40 sentences. Every sentence contains selected word that has a diphthong. This research also involves an expert from the
English Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada to
identify whether the pronunciation is acceptable or erroneous. The result of this
research shows that the level of error in pronouncing the diphthong [eɪ] is 28%,
[aɪ] is 6%, [ɪ�] is 24% and [e�] is 26%. In general, Indonesian learners did not
have any difficulties in terms of pronunciation relating to 4 diphthongs [eɪ], [aɪ[ɪ�] and [e�]. |
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