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1.2 Identification of the problem
Lado 1961: 70 states that
the language sound system are different from another. In this case, Javanese and
English sound system are different in many ways. Firstly, English consonants,
vowels, and diphthongs do not exist in Javanese. English consonants [θ, ð], and
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long vowels and diphthongs do not appear in Javanese. Some Javanese
consonants, on the other hand, are also absence in English, for example [n, t, and
d].
Secondly, the word and the sentence stresses are important in English. The
stresses may change the meaning of words. The English word “record” has different
meaning if it is pronounce as [rik
⊃:d] and [rekכd]. In Javanese on the contrary the stress does
not change the meaning of the word. The Javanese word “buku” can be pronounced
as [buk] or [buku] without changing the meaning. Finally,
the English spelling rules are very complex. The spelling of words does not show
the pronunciation of words. Contrastively, one written symbol presents one sound in
Javanese. Because
of the differences, consequently the pronunciation will occur. Lado 1961: 72
states “the
learners transfer the sound system of his native language and use it instead of
that as the foreign language without fully realizing it.” Learners automatically use
the Javanese sound system during learning the English sound system. Therefore,
the learners’ pronunciation will be different from the native speakers’ pronunciation.
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Today, however, according to Bram 1987:70 : errors are considered as part of
learning. An error is seen as something natural in the learning process.
These errors must be analyzed so that they can be considered as an important step in teaching
learning process, because it can be use by the teacher to know how far the learners
acquire the target language.
1.3 Statement of the problem
As started in preceding section, conducting an error analysis is an important step in
improving the English learning. However study a pronunciation analysis especially a
young learner is hard to be found. Therefore i was interested in conducting a research
on this area. Hopefully, it will give information, which can help the teacher, much to
help the learners in improving their pronunciation.
Young learners in this study are those learners aging twelve to fourteen years old,
who are learning English as the beginner. They are the Junior High School students in the
grade VII of TERSONO I Tersono Batang. Besides that most of the students are Javanese.
Therefore, the writer decides to conduct the student in this junior high school.
I was focused on the study of the production of a comprehensible diphthong,
vowels and rising and falling information used in simple questions in order to get satisfy
result. Because those are the first features which are taught by the teacher in young
learners’ classes. Besides, those are the basic pronunciation features, which may lead
young learner to have a native like pronunciation.
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1.4 Formulation of the problem
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