ANALISIS KESALAHAN SISWA DALAM MENGUCAPKAN SUARA KONSONAN STUDI DI JURUSAN BAHASA INGGRIS UNIVERSITAS TADULAKO

Pronunciation pertains to the skill of correctly articulating words or
phrases in a given language. Nevertheless, numerous students still struggle with the
proper articulation of specific sound symbols in English, particularly fricative
sounds. The objectives of this study are to identify the fricative sounds that pose
difficulties for students, pinpoint the most prevalent mispronunciations among these
fricative sounds (specifically, V, ?, ð, and ?), and categorize the predominant error
types in the pronunciation of challenging fricative sounds. A group of 40 students
majoring in English Education Department were chosen through purposive
sampling to serve as participants. The research employed a quantitative descriptive
approach, utilizing tests and audio recording for data collection. Subsequently, the
data was subjected to basic statistical analysis through the use of Excel. The
findings revealed that among the nine fricative sounds considered, V, ?, ð, and ?
were the most challenging for students. Notably, the fricative sounds that students
most frequently mispronounced were ð (with 94 instances of errors) and ? (with 99
instances of errors). When applying Dulay's Taxonomy of error analysis, the errors
were classified into four primary categories: omission, addition, misformation, and
misordering. The error breakdown for this research includes 12 cases of omission
errors, 14 instances of addition errors, 48 cases of misformation errors, and 121
instances of misordering errors. It can be concluded that the most common error
made by students is related to misordering.