THE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH VOWEL AT THE THIRD YEAR OF SMAN 1 PITUMPANUA WAJO REGENCY

ABSTRACT

The Researcher : St.Rahmatia Razak
Reg. No. : 20401106045
The Title of Thesis : “The Students’ Difficulties in Pronouncing The English Vowel at The Third Year of SMAN 1 Pitumpanua Wajo Regency”
Supervised by : 

1. Prof. Hamdan, M.A, Ph.D
2. Drs. Muhammad. Yaumi, M. Hum, M.A.

This research aimed to find out what vowel sounds are difficult to be pronounced by the students and what factors make the students difficult to pronounce the English vowel at the third year of SMAN 1 Pitumpanua Wajo regency. It employed a descriptive method that consisted of two kinds of instruments, there were oral test that consisted of 30 items and questionnaire that included 10 items.

The subjects of the research was the third year students of SMAN 1 Pitumpanua Wajo Regency in academic year 2009-2010 namely class XII 1 IPA that consisted of 30 students. The data were collected through questionnaire and oral test, and were analyzed qualitatively and quantatively.

The result of the research showed that the students of SMAN 1 Pitumpanua Wajo Regency got some English vowel difficult to pronounce, The English vowel sound which difficult to pronounce by the students are: /i:/, /u:/, /ə/ and /Λ/. The result of the research through questionnaire showed that the factor made the students of SMAN 1 Pitumpanua Wajo Regency difficult to pronounce the English vowels are: (1). They were confused with the pronunciation, and (2). They were not serious in attending the class. 

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