A STUDY OF INDONESIAN EFL STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH DENTAL FRICATIVE CONSONANT SOUNDS (A Descriptive Study on Tenth Grade Students of MAN 2 Kota Semarang in the Academic Year 2019/2020)

MAHNUNAH, DEWI (2020) A STUDY OF INDONESIAN EFL STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH DENTAL FRICATIVE CONSONANT SOUNDS (A Descriptive Study on Tenth Grade Students of MAN 2 Kota Semarang in the Academic Year 2019/2020). Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang.

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Abstract

Pronunciation is a speaking sub-skill that is very essential. In order to build a good communication, speaker have to be able to produce the utterance properly. This research aimed to investigate the way Indonesian EFL students in pronouncing the dental fricative consonant sounds and to know what factors influenced them in pronouncing the sounds. As the descriptive qualitative research, this research used audio-recording material and interview as the primary data generation. Thirty vocabularies and six sentences which contained the initial, middle and final sound of /θ/ and /ð/were read loudly by twenty two students of MAN 2 Kota Semarang, and the writer recorded their pronunciation by mobile audio recorder. The students’ pronunciation transcription which were confirmed by an inter rater of English native speaker and the result showed that Indonesian students tended to pronounce the sound of/θ/ and /ð/ in /θ/, /ð/, /t/,/tʃ/ and soundless. Through the interview, it was found that students’ attitude in pronunciation and students’ insufficient English knowledge were the most significant factors which influenced them in pronouncing the sounds. Keywords: Indonesian Students, English Pronunciation, Dental Fricative Consonant Sound

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Komunikasi
Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Komunikasi > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Pustakawan 5 UNISSULA
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2021 06:54
Last Modified: 23 Mar 2021 06:54
URI: http://repository.unissula.ac.id/id/eprint/18267

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