his thesis presents research on analyzing of the students English
pronunciation error at Secondary school in Bone. This study uses a qualitative
method. The sample consists of 8 students at Secondary school in Bone. The
purpose of this study was to determine the types of students English pronunciation
errors and the factors that cause English pronunciation errors at Secondary school
in Bone.
This thesis is intended to find two problems of students' pronunciation
errors at Secondary School in Bone. The first problem is to find out the types of
students' English pronunciation errors. Based on the results of the reading test, it
was found that the types of students' English pronunciation errors, namely,
pronunciation of words according to spelling, the addition of letters, omission of
letters, the substitution of letters when pronouncing English words, pronunciation
errors containing silent letters in English, pronunciation errors of bursting letters
that usually at the end of English words, and sometimes students make mistakes in
pronouncing English words. The second problem is knowing the factors that cause
English pronunciation errors. Based on the results of interviews and observations,
the researcher has found that the factors that cause English pronunciation errors
are the use of the mother tongue, difficulty distinguishing the sounds of English,
the use of the mother tongue dialect, difficulty pronouncing English words, the
use of English such as Indonesian, transferring the language mother to a second
language, limited time to learn English pronunciation.
A. Conclusion
Based on the discussion, the researcher concluded from the results of
reading tests, observations, and interviews. The researcher concludes that there
are several types and factors of English pronunciation.
1. The types of English pronunciation errors made by Secondary School in
Bone, namely students pronouncing words according to spelling, examples
for the text reading one and two (A, ago, there, lived, named, throughout,
heard, called, male, picked, gave, unfortunately, told, who, once, found,
nothing, ect) examples (lɪvd - lɪvəd, sərˈpraɪzd - sərˈpraɪzəd, ˈhæpɪli - ˈhæpɪlli,
bɪˈkəz - bɪˈkəzə brəʊk - brəʊkə, ect) omitting, examples (west - wes, həʊm -
hʊm, ɡreɪns - ɡreɪn, dʒʌst - ʒʌs, kept - kep, hɜːrd - hɜːr, læst - læs, ect) and
substituting letters when reading, examples (mæn - men, iːt - æt, bəʊt - bɔːat,
kraɪd - krɪæd, ˈnʌθɪŋ - ˈnɔːtɪŋ, ˈɔːlsəʊ - alsɔː, əˈɡəʊ - aɡɔː, ect), errors in
pronouncing words that contain (silent letters) errors in pronouncing
bursting letters which are usually at the end of English words, and
sometimes students made mistakes in pronouncing English words.
2. The factors that cause English pronunciation errors at Secondary School in
Bone, namely students are accustomed to using their mother tongue so that
they sometimes make pronunciation errors when speaking English, students
find it difficult to distinguish English sounds, used dialects of the mother
tongue when speaking English. Difficulty pronouncing English words
because the student always used their mother tongue when speaking, the use
of English is like Indonesian because the student does not know the
pronunciation of the English words so that the student pronounces it like
Indonesian, the student still transferring their mother tongue to a second
language, and limited of time to focus on learning English pronunciation so
that students at Secondary School in Bone find it very difficult to pronounce
English words correctly and it is difficult to distinguish English sounds.
B. Suggestions
Based on the conclusion above, the researcher will give suggestions to
all readers and especially for the teacher and students:
1. For the teacher
The English teacher must have a strategy when teaching in the classroom so
that students will be more active and do not feel bored when learning
English and the teacher provides good English teaching and during the
learning process the teacher provides examples of proper pronunciation to
students to improve English language skills students.
2. For the students
The students should study English more actively and enthusiastically to
improve their English skills.
3. For the other researcher
Especially for future researchers, it is better to start from now on to learn
about research methodology and this research can be a reference for making
further research related to this research.

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