An Analysis of Students’ Error in Perception or Production in Pronouncing English Sounds Which Have Different Distributions with Their Native Language
Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper is written based on the error analysis on perception or production in pronouncing English sounds which have different distributions by the students of SMP N 2 Demak in Academic Year of 2015/2016. The study was aimed to describe and to explain the most common problems faced by the students in learning English final voiced stops [b, d, g]. This study is using qualitative approach. The population of the study was the eight grader students of SMP N 2 Demak. The total numbers of the population used in this research are 310. Random sampling technique was used to get the sample. The data of this study was obtained from listening and speaking tests. The result of those tests were used as the source of data collection. Then, the result was interpreted by using Tinambunan‟s criterion grading. In perception test, the error proportion of the 30 students was 6,07% while in the production test, the error proportion was 28,2% out of 30 students. Based on the results, it is concluded that the students were considered exellent in perceiving but fair in pronouncing final voiced stops [b, d, g].© 2018Universitas Negeri SemarangCorrespondent Address:ISSN 2252-6706B3 Building FBS UnnesSekaran, Gunungpati, Semarang, 50229E-mail: [email protected]
Authors: Ryan Biantoro, Amir Sisbiyanto, Suprapto
Institution: State University of Semarang
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4390413266