Errors in Pronunciation of Consonants and Diphthongs by Non-Ed Students of Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana Coming From Javanese, Ambonese, Manadonese, Kupangnese and Bataknese

Abstract

Many people in the world use English as a second or foreign language to communicate with other people. However, not all Indonesians use English as a second or foreign language because they had some difficulties, particularly pronunciation. This research aims to analyze the English phonological errors of consonant and diphthong which cannot be found in Bahasa Indonesia, such as consonants [v], [θ], [ð], [ʒ], [dʒ] and [t∫], and diphthongs [eɪ] and [oʊ]. This research useda descriptive qualitative method. In this research, there were 15 participants who come from different ethnics and faculties, except Faculty of Languages and Arts. The data was collected by using a sound recorder, then analyzed by native English teachers from the USA to identify the accuracy in pronunciation, and what consonants and diphthongs which often pronounced incorrectly. The result showed that the consonants and diphthongs which produced by the students were inaccurate. There were 41.99% out of 15 participants who could not pronounce the consonants and diphthongs correctly. Students from Manadonese often made the errors compared to other students from other ethnics. The common phonological errors which produced by the participants were the sounds [ð], [θ], and [ʒ] in consonants and the sound [oʊ] in diphthong. From those results,it shows that their pronunciation was influenced by their accent and mother tongue.