AN ERROR ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION BY JAVANESE STUDENTS OF THE FIRST GRADE OF SMA 4 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

Abstract

The research is aimed: (1) to describe how is the pronunciation error of Javanese students of the first grade of SMA 4 Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014 and (2) what are the types of errors and (3) to find out the dominant error made by Javanese students of the first grade of SMA Purworejo in the academic year 2013/2014”. The population of this study was the first grade of SMA 4 of Purworejo in the Academic Year of 2013/2014. The instrument used by giving a text that contains 50 words. The researcher asks the learner one by one to read the text, then record their voiced. In analyzing the data, error analysis is used. There were four steps: transcribing the students’ pronunciation into the phonetic transcriptions, grouping the students’ errors in pronouncing English into separate divisions, employing the percentage descriptive analysis to count all error and interpreting the result of the data analysis. The result of the analysis shows that students are considered “good” in pronouncing English words. The percentage of each error in pronouncing English shows that in substitution= (74,68%), in omission = (31,64%), in insertion = (24,05%) and in confusion using the word, = (34,17%). The dominant error made by Javanese student is substitution = 74,68%. The researcher suggests for treating the students’ errors by giving a lot of drills and practices relating to the pronunciation so they can acquire the second language/target language well without interference of Javanese.