Statement of Problem Scope of the Study

1.2 Statement of Problem

Based on some reasons explained in the background of the study above, this research studies the following problems: 1. What kinds of pronunciation error are found in Tourism examination of fourth semester students of English Department of Dian Nuswantoro University in the academic year of 20092010? 2. How do pronunciation errors occur in Tourism examination in fourth semester students of English Department of Dian Nuswantoro University in the academic year of 20092010?

1.3 Scope of the Study

The researcher divides the errors into pronunciation problems and slip of the tongue. For the case of pronunciation problems, the researcher uses theory of Ramelan, in his book entitled English Phonetics 1994. In this research, the researcher only observe about pronunciation error include slip of the tongue. For the case of slip of the tongue, the researcher uses Fromkin’s theory 1973, in Clark, 1977: 273 about slip of the tongue. She states “slip of the tongue occurs when the speaker’s actual utterance differs in some way from the intended utterance.” It involves unintentional movement, addition, blending, or substitution of material within an utterance and can be phonological, morphological, lexical or syntactic.” In this research, the researcher chooses the fourth semester students in the tourism final examination as the object of the data because according to her, the fourth semester students who take Tourism subject have more knowledge and experience in English than students from the first to third semester beside that Tourism subject only exists in fourth semester. So, the researcher takes 5 participants because the five students are considered represent enough as the sample of this research. This examination requires the participants had to act as if a tour guides which fourth semester students in Tourism Final Examination as the object of this research. Beyond this subject, the researcher does not explain more detail.

1.4 Objective of the Study