A Study On The Ability In Pronouncing English Words Of The Eighth Grade Students Of SMPN 8 Kupang In The School Year 2018/2019

WERO, Ethelbert Yosefa P. (2019) A Study On The Ability In Pronouncing English Words Of The Eighth Grade Students Of SMPN 8 Kupang In The School Year 2018/2019. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandira Kupang.

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Abstract

This study is entitled “A Study on The Ability in Pronouncing English Words by the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 8 Kupang in the School Year 2018/2019.”The study is conducted to answer the following questions: 1. Are the eighth grade students of SMPN 8 Kupang in the school year 20182019 able to pronounce English words taught to them? 2. What is the ability level of the eighth grade students’ of SMPN 8 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 in pronouncing English words? 3. What are the difficulties committed by the students of SMPN 8 Kupang in pronouncing English words? And the objectives of this study were 1) To know whether the eighth grade students of SMPN 8 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 are able to pronounce English words correctly or not. 2) To know the ability level of the eighth grade students of SMPN 8 Kupang in the school year 2018/2019 in pronouncing English words. This study was limited on pronouncing English words. In obtaining the data, the writer applied the descriptive method. The subjects of the study were the twenty six students of class VIII-C. The instrument used in this study was pronunciation test. The result of the study shows that : 1) The eighth grade students of SMPN 8 Kupang were able to pronounce English words correctly. 2) The students’ ability level in pronouncing English words are varied from 1 student got Excellent level, 8 students got Very good level, 14 students got Good level, 3 students got Above average level. In general, the students’ level ability is Good with the score 7,6. 3) There were 29 out of 40 English words were mispronounced by the students. The words which were mostly mispronounced by the students are: One syllable (Tired), Two syllables (Fever and Prefer), Three syllables (Dangerous, Introduce and Punishment), Four syllables (Conversation and Encouragement). Based on the result, the writer deems necessary to give some suggestions regarding the result of the study. For the teachers, to improve the mistakes committed by the students, the English teacher should pay attention to the students’ pronunciation by correcting them when they mispronounce the words. For the Students, the students should drill themselves in pronouncing English words. This can be done by consulting printed or electronic dictionaries. Finally, the writer also encourages future studies on the same area in order to enrich references on the issue of English pronunciation.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Pronunciation English Words, Descriptive Method
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: S.Fil Lake Primus Sani
Date Deposited: 19 Dec 2022 01:10
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2022 01:10
URI: http://repository.unwira.ac.id/id/eprint/10710

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