Abstract:
The study deals with Error Analysis on the Students’ Achievement in
Pronouncing Palatal Sound /dӡ/ , /t∫/ of English. The research was conducted at
SMP PAB 2 Helvetia of Academic year 2016/2017. The objective of this research
were 1) To find out the types of error made by the students in pronouncing Palatal
Sound /dӡ/ , /t∫/. 2) To find out the dominant type of error made by the students in
pronouncing Palatal Sound /dӡ/ , /t∫/. The number of population was 294 students
and the sample was 72 students by using random sampling technique to take the
sample. This research was conducted by using descriptive quantitative method, to
identified and analyze the students’ error in pronouncing palatal sounds. The
instrument of this research was oral test, it was consisted of 20 items. Before
analyzing the data the researcher record the students pronunciation of palatal
sound using mobile phone, than analyze the students pronunciation to find out
types of error and dominant type of error make by the students. The error made by
the students were counting based on the item of the word list that found error in
this study was 1321 occurrences, by the occurrences of addition error was 132 or
9,99%, the occurrences of omission error was 174 or 13,17%, the occurrences of
substitution error was 1006 or 76,15% and the occurrences of ordering error was
9 or 0,69%. So the dominant error made by the students was substitution which
was 1006 or 76,15%.
