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Reason for Choosing the Topic Statement of Problems Objective of the Study Significance of the Study The Outline of the Report

1.2 Reason for Choosing the Topic

There are three reasons why the writer chose the topic of “The pronunciation ability of the students of Semarang State University Case of the Fifth Semester Students of English Department ”, those reasons are: 1 The writer considers that pronunciation is one of the most important things related to English learning process. 2 The fifth semester students of Semarang State University have enough knowledge about pronunciation since they had passed Phonology I either Phonology II. 3 The writer wants to analyze the pronunciation ability of the fifth semester students of English Department of the Semarang State University.

1.3 Statement of Problems

The problems of this study are as follows: 1 How is the percentage of students who are able to pronounce English words in a report text in correct intonations? 2 In what kind of words do the students commonly fail to pronounce correctly? 5

1.4 Objective of the Study

The purposes of the study can be stated as follows: 1 To find out the percentage of students who are able to pronounce English words in a report text in correct intonations. 2 To find out what kind of words the students fail to pronounce.

1.5 Significance of the Study

By doing the research, the writer expected some significance that might be useful. First, theoretically, the analysis of this research is expected to look at the weakness and the strength of the fifth semester students of the Semarang State University. Second, practically, the findings can help the students to improve their English pronunciation.

1.6 The Outline of the Report

This paper is divided into five sections, which are outlined as follows: Chapter I presents the general background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statements of the problems, objectives of the study, significance of the study and outline of the study. Chapter II presents review of previous studies of pronunciation that have been conducted by previous researchers, review of related theories, and framework of analysis. 6 Chapter III deals with the method of investigation which discusses the research design, types of data, subjects, instruments, procedure of collecting data, procedure of data analysis, and method of reporting the results. Chapter IV presents the data analysis, result of data analysis and the discussion of the results. Chapter V presents the conclusions of the investigation together with the suggestion for the improvement of teaching reading. 7

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

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