Data Gathering Technique METHODOLOGY

sound. The word think [t ŋØ] was experienced the strengthening process because the weak sound [ θ] was substituted by the strong sound [t]. The other problem was the substitution of the sound [ ] into sound [au]. The researcher found diphthongization phenomena which could explain the phenomena that occurred in the word countries [kauntris]. Diphthongization is the change of single vowel into two vowels, form single vowel [ ] into two vowels [au]. As the result the researcher found that diphthongization phenomena also occurred on the word countries [kauntris]. Example: Phonetic transcription Words Longman Pronunciation Dictionary 2008 Oxford American Dictionary 2003 Longman Dictionary Contemporary English 2001 Students’ Pronunciation Final devoicing save se v se v se v se f countries k ntriz k ntriz k ntriz k au ntri s Apocope think θ ŋk θ ŋk θ ŋk t ŋ k Strengthening think θ ŋk θ ŋk θ ŋk t ŋ Diphthongization countries k ntriz k ntriz k ntriz k au ntri s NOTE: is used to symbolize the assimilation process that occurred is used to symbolize the dipthongization process that occurred is used to symbolize the anaptyxis process that occurred is used to symbolize the monophthongization that occurred

F. Research Procedure

This research was conducted in five steps. The first was the preparation step. In this step, the researcher asked for the permission of the English teacher to conduct this research. The second step was the identification of the participants, in which the researcher selected the first grade students, as the participants in this research. The third was instrument preparation to collect the data. In this step, the researcher prepared texts which would be read by students and the audio recorder to record students’ pronunciation. The fourth step was data collection. In this step, the researcher obtained the data by recording the students’ pronunciation and transcribing the students’ pronunciation into the phonetic transcription. The fifth step was data analysis. The researcher compared the phonetic transcription of the students’ pronunciation with the phonetic transcription of the words based on Longman Dictionary Contemporary English 2001. Then, it is followed by observing the process of the sound change that occurred on students’ pronunciation and trying to find the English speech sounds as the result of the sound change. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI