ERRORS IN ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION MADE BY STUDENTS OF ESA UNGGUL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study aims to determine students’ pronunciation errors in pronouncing English sounds made by students of the English Language Education Program at Esa Unggul University. This research is descriptive and qualitative with purposive sampling data. Data has been collected and analyzed from Esa Unggul University students in sophomore year. As a result of the errors in the students' pronunciation, there were variations in their ability to speak based on vowels, which could have been caused by the first language which is Indonesian and dialects in which the students spoke. It is therefore reasonable to conclude that there are still a lot of numbers of Indonesian students who have difficulty pronouncing some English words due to consonant combinations, vowel combinations, silences, and the sound of two or three consonants combined together. It is intended that this study will prove extremely beneficial for English students, regardless of whether they are Esa Unggul Students or Indonesian Students, who lack the ability to pronounce English words correctly, so they make mistakes constantly and gradually as they develop their comprehension and pronunciation skills in English. Also it could make students increase their concern about the awareness, the right way, the and ease their pronunciation errors and problems. Keywords: Pronunciation errors, vowels, dialect, students