ANALISIS KESALAHAN PADA TEKANAN KATA DALAM PENGUCAPAN BAHASA INGGRIS YANG DIHASILKAN SISWA JURUSAN BAHASA INGGRIS UNIVERSITAS TADULAKO

In the realm of pronunciation, students encounter significant challenges
when it comes to stress. The majority of students often struggle with the accurate
placement of stress in words. This research project seeks to identify the following
key aspects: the specific word categories that pose the greatest difficulty for
students in terms of stress placement, the syllable position where students
commonly struggle with pronunciation, and the predominant types of errors made
when attempting to pronounce stress in English. This research takes a quantitative
descriptive approach with the goal of gathering information about these three
aspects. The study's target population consists of 250 students from Tadulako
University, with a sample of 35 students chosen through purposive sampling. Data
collection was carried out through tests and mobile phones as research
instruments, and the data were subsequently analyzed using basic statistical
methods within the Excel application. The findings reveal that among various word
categories, verbs stand out as the most challenging for students to pronounce, with
53 errors observed. Regarding syllable position, the ultimate position proves to be
the most difficult for students when it comes to placing stress in pronunciation, with
20 errors recorded. In line with linguistic category, the error was identified in verb
(48%), noun (25 %) and in adjective (27%) error produced by student.