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FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION Findings
Classifying Mispronunciation.
The classification of mispronunciation is classifying mispronunciation in pronouncing English vowels. The researcher identified the students’ mispronunciation in pronouncing
English vowel, as follow : Mispronouncing on Pronouncing.
a. Mispronunciation in pronouncing [I] vowel. Mispronunciation of this vowel was
because the students’ lips were too relaxed. And they didn’t make their tongue a little bit lower. The students were not habitual to
pronounce [I] sound because in Indonesian they didn’t find this vowel so they need a process.
e.g. a. Big – bi:g
b. Milk – mi:lk
c. Hit – hi:t
The right pronunciation is as follows : a.
Big – bIg
b. Milk – mIlk
c. Hit
– hIt
b. Mispronunciation in pronouncing [i: ] A mispronunciation in this vowel was because the students’ didn’t spread their lips. So,
the sound that produced was like [I] vowel. And the students still confused to differentiate betweens [i:] vowel and [I] vowel.
e.g. a. Please – plIz
b. Leave – lIv
c. People -- pIpl
The right pronunciation is as follows : a. Please
– pli:z b. Leave
– li:v c. People
– pi:pl
c. Mispronunciation in pronouncing [æ] vowel. Mispronunciation in this vowel was because the students’ mouths were almost
closed. They didn’t spread their lips, push their tongue to the front. So, the sound that produced was like [Ɛ ] vowel. And,
because the students didn’t find this vowel in Indonesian words.
e.g. a. Cat
– kƐ t
b. Answer – Ɛ nsƏ r
c. That -- ðƐ t
The right pronunciation is as follows : a. Cat
– kæt b. Answer
– ænsƏ r c. That
– ðæt
d. Mispronunciation in pronouncing [α ] vowel. A mispronunciation of this vowel was because the student’s mouth was not too opened.
So, the sound that produced was like [Ə ] vowel.
e.g a. Month – mƏ nθ
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b. Sun – sƏ n
c. Colour – colƏ r
The right pronunciation is as follows : a. Month
– mα nθ
b. Sun
– sα n
c. Colour
– cα lƏ r
e. Mispronunciation in pronouncing [Ɛ ] vowel Mispronunciation of this vowel was because the students were not habitual to
pronounce [Ɛ ]
sound because in Indonesian they didn’t find this vowel and they need a
process. So, the sounds that produced were like [Ə ] or æ sound.
e.g. a. Men – mƏ n
b. Yellow – yælloƱ
c. Said -- sæit
The right pronunciation is as follows : a. Men
– mƐ n
b. Yellow – yƐ lloƱ
c. Said -- sƐ it Tabulating Mispronunciation.