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PRONUNCIATION ERRORS MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF
TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Antonia Norani Warihintyas
112007064

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

PRONUNCIATION ERRORS MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF
TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING

THESIS

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Antonia Norani Warihintyas
112007064

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012

PRONUNCIATION ERRORS MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF
TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING

THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Antonia Norani Warihintyas
112007064

Approved by :

Hendro S. Husada, M. A

Anne I. Timotius, M. Ed

Supervisor

Examiner

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PRONUNCIATION ERRORS MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF
TRANSACTIONAL SPEAKING

Antonia Norani Warihintyas
Abstract
This study explored the pronunciation error faced by the Transactional Speaking students
in the English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University. One research question asked
what are the pronunciation errors faced by the Transactional Speaking students in English
Department of Satya Wacana Christian University. 16 participants participated in this study.
The data were collected from minimal pair and reading story tests. To pin point the students`
pronunciation errors, two native speaker teachers were involved in both tests. The results of this
study show that based on minimal pair test the 5 consonants /z/, /θ/, /ʒ/, /g/ and /t∫/ and 5 vowels
/ɔ/, /e/, /oʊ/, /aʊ/ and /ε/ were difficult to pronounce and based on reading story test the sounds
/d/, /t/, /i/ and /a I/ caused errors in the students` pronunciation, also the sounds /v/, /∫/, /dʒ/, /ð/,

/I/ and /æ/ proved to be problematic to the students.
Key words : English pronunciation, Pronunciation errors, Segmental errors

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