Abstract:
English as an international language, so it is a very important need to
master for making the communication each other to be easier. In communicating,
speaking is the important skill to master it. When talking about speaking,
pronunciation is the one component which must to be learnt. The students feel
hard in producing the word when speaking. The problems on this research are to
know (1) to know the pronunciation mastery at the eleventh grade of the Batik
Perbaik students; (2) to describe the influence of pronunciation mastery to the
students’ speaking ability at the eleventh grade of the Batik Perbaik Vocational
High School of Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014.
The respondents were students TKJ I of the eleventh grade of the Batik
Perbaik Vocational High School of Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014.
The total of respondents was 30 students by applying simple random sampling.
The data about student’s pronunciation were obtained by using test, and the data
about the score of student’s speaking were obtained by using documentation. The
validity and reliability of the questionnaire were calculated using SPSS statistics
version 16.0. Moreover, the correlation analysis between score of students’
pronunciation and score of student’s speaking were also using SPSS statistics
version 16.0.
The main results of this research are (1) the students get pronunciation
mastery and most students’ error is on the diphthong. It has been proved from the
analysis that the students took the error diphthong is 58.53%, the weak and strong
form is 42.67%, the error consonant is 36% and the error is vowel 34.13%. The
students are still stranger with the diphthongs difficult how to string up many
vowels in one syllable; (2) there is no significance correlation between
pronunciation mastery on the students’ speaking ability at the eleventh grade of
the Batik Perbaik Vocational High School of Purworejo in the academic year
2013/2014. It is based on rvalue (0.262) is lower than rtable (0.349) with the total
sample (N) = 30 and the degree of freedom (df) = 5%. So, the hypothesis (Ha)
was rejected, there is no significant correlation between pronunciation mastery on
the students’ speaking ability at the eleventh grade of the Batik Perbaik
Vocational High School of Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014.
