ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION ERRORS PERFORMED BY LEARNERS WITH THE SUNDANESE BACKGROUND AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION : A Case Study of Third Semester Students at a University in Bandung

• Main Author: Islah, Nafesa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2015-06-11.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Link Metadata
• Notes: http://repository.upi.edu/16017/2/S_ING_1006222_Title.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/1/S_ING_1006222_Abstract.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/4/S_ING_1006222_Table_of_content.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/1/S_ING_1006222_Chapter1.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/3/S_ING_1006222_Chapter2.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/3/S_ING_1006222_Chapter3.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/3/S_ING_1006222_Chapter4.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/5/S_ING_1006222_Chapter5.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/2/S_ING_1006222_Bibliography.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/16017/2/S_ING_1006222_Appendix.pdf
• Keywords: L Education (General); PE English

The primary focuses of this study are to find out the pronunciation errors and the type of errors performed by English learners with the Sundanese background. The data were the transcriptions from ten recordings of reading aloud taken from Sundanese learners at the department of English education. They were analyzed by using the procedure of error analysis proposed by Elis (2003) and classified into several types of errors as proposed by Haycraft (1973). The findings showed that the total errors encountered by Sundanese learners are as follows: sound /f/ 18%, sound /v/ 92%, sound /θ/ 42%, sound /ð/ 50%, sound /ʃ/ 38%, and sound /ʒ/ 61%. Further, it was found that there are three types of errors that took place: the pronunciation error type 3-the sound is alien 91.8%; type 1 the differences in pronunciation of the letter sound 5.7%; and pronunciation error type 7, students do not expect sound to change 2.8%. It is suggested that teachers should pay more attention to those particular sounds and provide extra exercises to the learners. Fokus utama pada penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kesalahan pelafalan dan tipe kesalahan oleh pembelajar bahasa Inggris yang merupakan penutur asli bahasa Sunda. Pengumpulan data diperoleh dari sepuluh transkripsi rekaman, yakni dari teknik membaca nyaring yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa pendidikan bahasa Inggris. Analisis data menggunakan prosedur analisis yang dikemukakan oleh Elis (2008) dan diklasifikasikan berdasarkan tipe kesalahan pelafalan bahasa Inggris yang dikemukakan oleh Haycraft (1973). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa total kesalahan pelafalan yang dilakukan adalah pelafalan adalah sebagai berikut: bunyi /f/ sebesar 18%, bunyi /v/ sebesar 92%, bunyi /θ/ sebesar 42%, bunyi /ð/ sebesar 50%, bunyi /ʃ/ sebesar 38%, dan bunyi /ʒ/ sebesar 61%. Tipe kesalahan yang ditemukan adalah tipe 3 yakni bunyi yang asing sebanyak 91.8%; tipe 1 yakni perbedaan pelafalan huruf sebanyak 5.7%, dan tipe 7 yakni siswa tidak mengira bahwa adanya perubahan suara sebanyak 2.8%. Dari temuan ini diharapkan guru lebih memperhatikan lagi bunyi-bunyi tersebut dan juga memberikan latihan tambahan kepada siswa.