IDENTIFYING COMMON MISTAKES IN PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH WORDS FOR 9TH CLASS STUDENTS: (A CASE STUDY IN SMP BENTENG GADING, WEST JAKARTA, ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023)

Ahmad Fikri Husen, Anna Zhafharina, Putri Ameliani, Meiyanti Nurchaerani

Abstract


This article identifies the common mistakes of pronunciation in English words with one, two, and three syllables. The participants for this research are five students from 9th grade students of SMP Benteng Gading, West Jakarta, Academic Year 2022/2023. (Case Study of Class IX Students of SMP Benteng Gading, West Jakarta, Academic Year 2022/2023). In this research used descriptive qualitative analysis in describing and interpreting the result of qualitative data. The result of this research is that most students may have problems pronouncing words with three syllables and also the common mistakes that occur between vowel and consonant sounds appear in vowel sounds. In analyzing the data, mistakes analysis was used where there were transcribing students' pronunciation into articulations, problems in pronouncing English words with one, two, and three syllables, and also problems in pronouncing words between vowels and consonant words. The researchers found that the causes of learner's mistakes came from linguistic factors, including the differences between the English and Indonesian sound systems, the impact of spelling on pronunciation, the influence of the first language (L1) on the second language (L2), and the inconsistent vowel structure in English are to blame for learners' mistakes. Finally the solutions to some of the pronunciation issues are offered. Keywords: Phonology, Phonetic, Phonetic Symbols, & Pronunciation Mistakes.

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