AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF DIPHTHONG MADE BY THE STUDENTS OF THE FIRST GRADE IN SMK PUSPAJATI BULUSPESANTREN KEBUMEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This research is descriptive qualitative research which analyzes the students’ pronunciation of diphthong. The objectives of this study are to find out the errors on the pronunciation of diphthongs made by the students of the 1^st grade in SMK Puspajati Buluspesantren Kebumen and to find out what are the sources of the errors on the pronunciation of diphthongs. The researcher collects the data by recording the students’ utterances. The students’ pronunciation were transcribed into phonetic transcription and then analyzed. The test was given to 38 students. The research finding indicates the 1458 or 76.74% of 1900 English diphthongs produced by the students constitute error. The data analysis clarifies English diphthong [eə] frequently occurs error. On the contrary English diphthong [ɔI] has the least error. The diphthong errors are mostly yielded by the interference errors, which comprise 85.32% of the errors, 10.29% of them are interlingual errors and 4.39% by the developmental errors.

Keywords: Error Analysis, Pronunciation, and Diphthong