Error Analysis on the Students’ Achievement in Pronouncing Palatal Sound /dӡ/ , /t∫/ of English

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%.