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2. The Percentage of Accurate and Inaccurate Performances towards
Labiodental Fricative Sound
After revealing the number of words and word groups appearance, the next step is observing the accuracy of labiodental fricatives sound performed by
Korean singers. The following is table that shows the percentage of the accurate
and inaccurate performances. That showed the percentage of the accuracy. The
writer had also decided the boundary to grade the performance. It was divided into four grades, 0-25 meant poop, 26-50 was avepage, 51-75 could be
said good, and 76-100 was vepy good.
Table 4.6: The Number and Percentage of Accurate and Inaccurate Performances of Voiceless and Voiced Labiodental Fricatives
No Category
Total Accurate
Inaccurate Words
word groups
Appearance Num.
Num.
1 f in single words
65 160
132 82.5
28 17.5
2 f in word groups
22 53
26 49
27 51
3 v in single words
40 226
74 33
152 67
4 v in word groups
39 117
16 14
101 86
5 combination of f and s
and word groups 4
5 5
100
TOTAL 170
561 248
44 313
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After doing observation towards the collected data, there were 248 appearances which were produced accurately and 313 inaccurately. If it was seen
using percentage, 44 of total 561 appearances was accurate and 56 was
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51 inaccurate. Therefore, relying on the result, the ability of Korean speakers
producing English was in the level avepage. Each type showed different results. There was one type which has bigger
number in accurate performance and four categories in inaccurate one. Starting from f in single word, there were 160 times of appearance, where 132
performances were accurate and the rest were inaccurate. Here, 82.5 showed that voiceless labiodental fricatives can be pronounced accurately, whereas 17.5
is pronounced inaccurately. From the percentage, it could simply said that voiceless labiodental fricatives within single word could be performed accurately
by Korean speaker or it could be placed in vepy good grade. On the other hand, there were 22 word groups containing f sound found
within 20 videos chosen. From total appearance, 53 times, there were 26 times performed accurately and 27 times inaccurately. In percentage, 49 was accurate
and 51 was inaccurate. This final number could be categorized in avepage. Thirdly, showed that v appeared 226 times within 40 single words. 74
times were performed accurately and 152 inaccurately. In percentage, it could be see that the accuracy of voiced labiodental fricatives pronunciation was less than a
half, only 33, whereas the inaccuracy reached 67. Based on that percentage, the ability of Korean speaker to perform voiced sound of labiodental fricatives
was avepage. Besides, the writer invents the result of v within word groups was 117
times appearances. There are 101 performances were inaccurate and only 16
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52 performances were inaccurate. That result shows that 86 of total number of the
appearance frequency was pronounced inaccurately, whereas 14 could be pronounced accurately. From the percentage, it could simply said that voiceless
labiodental fricatives within word group could not be performed accurately by Korean speaker or it could be placed in poop grade.
The last category is the combination of f and v within single words and word groups. There are four combinations, 3 word groups and 1 word. The first
word group, a three-word word group, had the voiced sound in the beginning of the second syllable in the first word, whereas the voiceless sound was place in the
end of single syllable in second word of sequences which was followed by vowel in the next word. From the total appearances there was none which was accurate.
So, this type could be categorized as poop grade. After being categorized into five major types, they were classified, again,
into six smaller and more specific types based on the position of the sound. The first type is the sound in the initial of syllable. The next type is the sound within
consonant cluster in the initial of syllable. The following type has the sound in the final position. The fourth type has the sound within final consonant cluster. The
next one, type number five, is the group of single words or word groups which has ambisyllabic sound. The last one is the variation, where the sound has double or
more position within. Based on the five specific sound, the accuracy analysis towards the sound can be held.
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3. Korean Speakers Accuracy on Voiceless Labiodental Fricatives
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