THE QUALITY OF PRONOUNCING DIPHTONGS BY THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA (A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS` PRONUNCIATION IN SEGA (SATURDAY ENGLISH GATHERING))

Ghorizah, Lina (2008) THE QUALITY OF PRONOUNCING DIPHTONGS BY THE SECOND SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA (A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS` PRONUNCIATION IN SEGA (SATURDAY ENGLISH GATHERING)). Skripsi thesis, Universitas Muhammdiyah Surakarta.

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Abstract

This Research is about the quality of pronouncing diphthongs by the second semester students of English department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta (A Case Study of Students` Pronunciation in Sega (Saturday English Gathering)). The objective of the research is to identify the points which the English diphthongs are articulated by students and the most dominance English diphthongs articulated by the student. The data are the linguistic elements in the form of sounds taken from their pronunciation recorded from the students of SEGA (Saturday English Gathering). They pronounce the words that contain English diphthong in 3 positions; front, middle, and back. In analyzing the data, the writer classifies and identifies them based on the theory of description of the speech sounds by Deniel Jones, and transcribes into phonetics detail transcription. The result of the data analysis shows that the students realization of English diphthong can be identified into the diphthong [əʊ], [ai], [ɔi], [ei], [ʊə], [εə], [iə], [ɔə,] [aʊ]. the diphthong that shifts produced by students are from [ei], into [æ, ai, I, ə], from [ai] into [ei], [i], from [əʊ] into [ɔ, ɔə, o, ou, ʊ], from [iə] into [I, ei, ai, e], from [εə] into [ai] [ə], [e], [a], [I], [ei], [ʌ] from [ʊə] into [ʊ], [u], [ua] from [aʊ] into [o], [ou] from [ɔə] into [o], [ɔ:], [ɔ] and for diphthong [ɔi] there is no students who produce it correctly. The most dominant diphthong shifted by students are diphthong [εə] in all position and diphthong [εə] shift into [ai] [ə], [e], [a], [I], [ei], [ʌ]. Diphthong [ʊə] in front position as in “urine” [`ʊərin], “Europe” [`ʊərəp], “Urea” [`ʊəiə], almost the student pronounce diphthong [ʊə] incorrectly in front position. And the most correct diphthong produced by the student is diphthong [ɔi]. The shifted diphthong made by the student influenced by their region, their mother tongue, and their own English knowledge.

Item Type: Karya ilmiah (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords: pronouncing diphthongs, English diphthongs articulated, pronunciation
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Ken Retno Yuniwati
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2008 03:05
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2011 05:05
URI: http://eprints.ums.ac.id/id/eprint/371

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