THE INFLUENCE OF ARABIC PRONUNCIATION ON STUDENTS PRONOUNCING ENGLISH WORD THE CASE OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP TAKHASSUS NURIL ANWAR LOANO PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2012/2013

Abstract

This thesis used the qualitative research mainly discusses about the Arabic effect of Boarding school’s student in pronouncing English word, especially students of the first year students of SMP Takhasus Nuril Anwar Loano Purworejo in academic year of 2012 / 2013, in terms of pronounce English word for the possibility that Arabic pronunciation and English pronunciation have similarities. It will help students to pronounce English word well.

By conducting this research, the researcher finds there are many sounds have similarities between English and Arabic, such as first, vowel, there are nine vowels have similarities between English and Arabic, they are [ i: ], [ I ], [ U ], [ u: ], [ ӕ ], [ ᴐ: ], [ ᴧ ], [ ɑ: ], [ ɒ ]. Second, consonant, there are nineteen consonants have similarities between English and Arabic, they are [ b ], [ t ], [d ], [ k ], [ʤ ], [ f ], [ θ ], [ δ ], [ s ], [ z ], [ ʃ ], [ h ], [ m ], [ n ], [ ŋ ], [ l ], [ r ], [ j ], and [ w ]. Third, diphthong, there are three diphthongs have similarities between English and Arabic, they are [ ɒi ], [ ai ], and [ au ]. Arabic pronunciation have few effect in pronouncing English word. And the students master Arabic sound have good English pronunciation, but it is just in this case.