grade students. The students’ pronunciation is considered necessary to be identified, because their ability to produce English sounds influences students’ pronunciation.
B. Problem Formulation
Considering the fact that there are many elements of pronunciation in the English language, the discussion is limited on the articulation in which it covers
whether the students pronounce English words correctly or not. The problems are formulated as follows:
1. What are the English articulation problems faced by seventh grade hearing-
speech defective students of SLBN 3 Yogyakarta? 2.
What are the possible causes of the English articulation problems faced by the seventh grade hearing-speech defective students of SLBN 3 Yogyakarta?
3. What are the possible solutions to overcome those articulation problems?
C. Problem Limitation
Hearing-speech defective students in SLBN 3 Yogyakarta are students with special needs because they have difficulties in receiving information which is given
in the form of sounds. In learning pronunciation they also have difficulties in pronouncing English words.
This research is limited on identifying misarticulation in the pronunciation made by the seventh grade students of SLBN 3 Yogyakarta. After the identification of
English articulation problems, this research focuses on the possible causes of
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misarticulation as well as the possible solutions to overcome the problems. Since there are many pronunciation elements in English language, the discussion is limited
only on the articulation. It will not include the process of the pronunciation, which consists of phonation, nasal resonance, and prosody. According to Sattler 1992: 546
pronunciation as part of the speech system is divided into four major areas on the basis of a processing classification system: phonation, which contains duration,
loudness, pitch and quality of the sound; nasal resonance, which contains vibration; articulation which is related to the production of consonant and vowel sounds in
various sequences to form words; and prosody, which contains melody, rhythm and the rate of the speech flow.
This research is focused only on one group of students, namely the seventh grade hearing-speech defective students of SLBN 3 Yogyakarta. This research takes
the seventh grade hearing-speech defective students of SLBN 3 Yogyakarta based on the consideration about the students’ background that they have never received
specific lessons that assist their pronunciation.
D. Research Objectives
