PRONUNCIATION ERRORS MADE BY SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS IN READING ENGLISH TEXTS ALOUD
Wuri Syaputri
English
Department, State University of Semarang
Abstract
The objectives of this
study identified the types, causes, the teacher/ students overcome, and teacher’s
influence in causing students pronunciation errors. The method of this study
was qualitative descriptive. The result of the data analysis showed that the
student’s pronunciation errors were defined into pre-systematic, systematic,
and post-systematic errors. The students got the difficulties in pronouncing /ŋ/,
/d/, /ʤ/, /ʧ/, /z/, /ð/, /θ/, /∫/, and /g/. The causes of
errors were interference, intralingual and developmental errors. The teacher overcomes the errors by repetition,
silence and correction.
Key Words: Error
analysis; Pronunciation; Reading aloud.
