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English Approximant Consonants: Pronunciation Difficulties Encountered by EFL Students

Journal of Development Research

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Title English Approximant Consonants: Pronunciation Difficulties Encountered by EFL Students
 
Creator Hambali, Uyunnasirah
Syam, Ummi Khaerati
Reza, Muhammad
 
Subject English Pronounciation
English Approximant Consonants
EFL Student
 
Description This research applied quantitative research. Quantitative is basically framed in term of using numbers, closed-end question. Quantitative research is characterized as an efficient examination of wonders by gathering quantifiable information and performing factual, scientific, or computational procedures. In collecting data, the researcher used pronunciation test as instrument in order to get the data. The items of pronunciation test consisted of a list of 120 words. Each sound consisted of 5 words. Pronunciation test was given to the respondents through asking them to pronounce the words clearly and correctly while the researcher was recorded. The result of the research data showed that the students made 1085 or 93.53% errors of substitution, 38 or 3.28% errors of omission, and 37 or 3.19% errors of addition from the total errors found. It indicated that most of the students made errors in substitution with high percentage than omission and errors of substitution had higher percentage than omission and addition. The result of the data analysis showed that there were 179 or 97.28% errors of substitution, 5 or 2.72% errors of omission, and there were no errors of addition found in pronouncing English approximant consonants. So, from all kinds of errors, most of the students made errors in substitution both fricative and approximant consonants.
 
Publisher Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengabdian Masyarakat Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Blitar
 
Date 2021-11-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journal.unublitar.ac.id/jdr/index.php/jdr/article/view/178
10.28926/jdr.v5i2.178
 
Source Journal of Development Research; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2021): Volume 5, Number 2, November 2021; 179-185
2579-9347
2579-9290
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journal.unublitar.ac.id/jdr/index.php/jdr/article/view/178/103
 
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