ERROR ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH DIPHTHONGS PRONUNCIATION ON SIXTH SEMESTER ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF PGRI SEMARANG

Abstract

Pronunciation is the important part of speaking. Pronunciation is the way in which a language or particular word or sound is spoken. Pronunciation used to make the speaker speak more fluently and easy to understand. Pronunciation is the aspect that most affects how the speaker is judged by others, and how they are formally assessed in other skills. Sometimes how to measure the people’s English speaking skill is looked from their pronunciation and their fluency. One of Indonesian students’ difficulties in learning English is pronouncing English sounds correctly. Indonesian language as mother tongue influences significantly to the way of Indonesian students in pronouncing English sounds. Compared to English, Indonesian language generally does not have differences between spelling the letter and pronouncing the sounds. Among all English sounds, diphthongs are assumed as one of the most difficulties pronounced by Indonesian students. This study was conducted to thirty one students of University of PGRI Semarang. This research is descriptive qualitative and uses a list of words as the main instruments. The result of the study showed that the most difficult of English diphthong was /əʊ/. This study expected can give contribution in improving Indonesian pronunciation especially the English diphthongs.