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ERROR ANALYSIS IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH VOWELS AT THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PASIR PENGARAIAN
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Institusion
Universitas Pasir Pengaraian
Author
INDAH, KHAFIFAH
Subject
420 English/Bahasa Inggris 
Datestamp
2023-10-18 08:53:06 
Abstract :
This research aimed to determine the error made by second-semester students of the English study program in pronouncing English vowels. The background of this research was that some students had difficulties pronouncing English words correctly. There were some causes of the student?s problems, such as English not being their mother tongue, so they did not use English in their daily communication. The sample of this research was the second-semester students of the English study program. Twenty-five representatives participated in this research, and the instrument used in this research was a pronunciation test. There were 20 English vowel sounds given in the test. In long vowel sounds, the researcher found that the students made 496 pronunciation errors; meanwhile, for long short vowel sounds, the researcher found that the students made 267 pronunciation errors. From 60 words given in the test, the researcher found that the average result of students? pronunciation was: there were 15 words (25%) were pronounced more than half accurately, there were 25 words (41,6%) were pronounced in half accurately, and there were 20 words (33,3%) were pronounced in less than half accurate level. 
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Universitas Pasir Pengaraian