AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PRONUNCIATION IN READING TEXT AT THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

This thesis is a study about an error analysis in reading text at the second semester of English education program of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014. The students have problems to pronounce the word in reading text especially in English vowel and consonant. The objectives of the study are (1) To find out the most dominant errors in pronunciation at second semester students of English Education Program of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014, and (2) To describe the students’ pronunciation. This research design is qualitative research. The population is the second semester of English Education Program of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014. The sample is class A. The total of subjects is 28. In collecting the data, the researcher used text reading and word list as pronunciation test, questionnaire, and students’ record. Based on the research finding, the data shows that the subjects do mostly error in pronouncing vowel. The total errors which they make are 55 errors. It contains 19 errors in pronouncing consonant and 36 errors in pronouncing vowel. The error pronouncing consonant occurs on 11 sounds. They are /v/, , /t/, /z/, /tʃ/, /d ʒ/, /ʃ/, /r/, /g/, , and /w/. The next error category is error pronunciation of vowel. This category is the most error that the subjects do. The number is 36 errors. Most errors occur on English vowel that Indonesian does not have. They are /ᴂ/, /eə/, and /əʊ/. They are also confused whether they have to pronounce /e/ or /ə/. From the result above the researcher found the causes of subjects’ error pronunciation are: 1) The different sounds between English and Indonesian, 2) They do not get enough practice on pronunciation, and 3) They are not familiar with English sound from they were young because most of them do not have family member who can speak English. In order to avoid students’ errors, the researcher suggests the lecturer to give a lot of drills and practices relating to the pronunciation. Therefore, the students can acquire the habit of using the correct pronunciation of English word containing English vowel and consonant correctly