scholarly journals Pronunciation Errors of Fricative Sounds Made by English Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-380
Author(s):  
Tiara Azzahra Marpaung ◽  
Syafrizal Sabarudin ◽  
Mulyadi Mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Education ◽  
Final Position ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Received Pronunciation ◽  
English Students ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Error Percentage

This research aims to identify pronunciation errors position made by students in the English Education Study Program University of Bengkulu and the sound that had the highest error percentage. This research was a descriptive quantitative research. To collect data, the researcher took 19 students from 94 students of the 7th semester in the academic year 2020/2021. The pronunciation test used in this study consisted of 35 words, each of which had one of the seven fricative sounds tested. To analyze the data obtained, researcher used the Audacity application with the help of Google Translate application. Audacity is used to see the amplitude generated from students. Meanwhile, Google Translate is a tool for comparing received pronunciation and pronunciation produced by students. The results of this study revealed that the most pronunciation errors that made by students occurred in the final position when compared the initial and medial. In addition, among seven fricative sounds, / ? / was the highest percentage of errors with 78%. Based on the research results, it can be concluded that the students' pronunciation ability of fricative sounds not affected on the level of the semester is taken but it depends on the position and the fricative sound.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ STRATEGIES IN RESPONDING TEACHERS’ ORAL QUESTIONS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Foristia Kencana Wensi ◽  
Hilda Puspita ◽  
Rudi Afriazi
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Education ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Strategy Group ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Avoidance Strategy ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this research was to find out the strategies used by the English Education Study Program students in responding teacher oral questions. The research was designed as a descriptive quantitative research. The population of the research was sixth semester students of English Education Study Program of Universitas Bengkulu in the 2017/2018 academic year. The samples were 69 students. The data were collected by using a set of questionnaire. There were 25 statements of responses strategies which consisted of seven categories of response strategies proposed by Lui et. al (2018) and any communication strategies proposed by Dornyei (1997). They were avoidance strategy, accommodative strategy, asking for clarification strategy, no response strategy, excuse strategy, denial strategy and apology strategy. The result of this study showed that students of English Education Study Program preferred to use six categories i.e., accommodative strategy, asking for clarification strategy, no response strategy, excuse strategy, and denial strategy and one was seldom used namely apology strategy. In addition, the most frequently used strategy group by the students was avoidance strategy.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN SPEECH AT THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF METRO ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Septian Dwi Sondiana ◽  
Sudirman -
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Grammar Rule ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Verb Agreement ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
English Students ◽  
Academic Year

The objectives of the research are to find out the types of grammatical errors in English students’ speech; to find out the percentage of grammatical errors in English students’ speech; to find out the factors influencing English students’ grammatical errors in their speech. Based on the data, the students have problem in producing verb group, errors in subject-verb agreement, errors in the use of articles, errors in the use of prepositions, errors in noun pluralization, errors in the use of pronouns, and errors in the use of conjunctions. It shows that Anisa made eleven sentences in 2 minutes 28 seconds. She made eight errors. Dewi made seven sentences in 1 minutes 57 seconds. She made five errors. Fatika made sixteen sentences in 4 minutes 14 seconds. She made eight errors. Fitri made sixteen sentences in 4 minutes 23 seconds. She made seven errors. Ibnu  made  ten sentences in 2 minutes 18 seconds. He made eight errors. Linda made fiveteen sentences in 3 minutes 7 seconds. She made eight errors. Musli made fourteen sentences in 2 minutes 39 seconds. She made six errors. Nyoman made twelve sentences in 3 minutes 43 seconds. He made nine errors. Pera made ten sentences in 2 minutes 23 seconds. She made seven errors. Sri made fourteen sentences in 6 minutes 34 seconds. She made eleven errors. And about the percentages of errors, here is the data; Anisa: 72,73% of errors; Dewi: 71,4% of errors; Fatika: 50% of errors; Fitri: 43,75% of errors; Ibnu: 80% of errors; Linda: 53,3% of errors; Musli: 42,8% of errors; Nyoman: 75% of errors; Pera: 70% of errors; Sri: 78,57% of errors. Based on interview, it shows it can be concluded the factors influence of English students’ grammatical errors in their speech when their speak using grammar rule. The internal factors are; The first, the students are still difficult to make feeling, for example; confident, feel scary, when they are speaking in public. The second, the students are not mastered in their skills. The third, the students are not have many vocabulay, so they can not express their idea to speak. The forth, the students are still think that grammar are not important to speak. For the external factors are; the first, the student  can not express their speaking because of their environment or comunity. The second, the teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Students' Difficulties in Writing Undergraduate Thesis at English Education Study Program of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Dwi Monica Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Education ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Undergraduate Thesis

The objectives of this research are: 1) To find out the undergraduate students’ Difficulties In Writing Thesis at The English Study Program of Muhammadiyah University Bengkulu (UMB) in Academic Year 2018-2019, and 2) To find out the most difficult variable they faced in writing theses. The design of this research is descriptive quantitative research. 74 students of the Seventh Semester Students of English Education Study Program of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu in the Academic Year of 2018-2019 took part in this study. The instruments were questionnaires and interview. The data were collected by assigning the students to fill out the questionnaires and being interviewed afterward. The data were analyzed by checking the students’ answer in the questionnaire, classifying the students’ answers, calculating the students’ scores of difficulties in writing a thesis, describing the data and concluding the results. The results  showed the students' difficulties in writing a thesis; a) Orderly, the students' difficulties in writing a thesis are: related to difficulties of students' English proficiencies; related to difficulties of students' time management; related to difficulties of students' research methodology; related to difficulties of students' attitude; related to difficulties of students' research topic; and the least related to difficulties of a co-advisor relationship, students' plagiarism, students' personalities, the big number of supervised students and advisor workload; and difficulties of students motivation. b) The most difficulties in writing thesis are related to their English proficiency which are still low and limited. Both have become the first cause that they cannot develop their writing thesis well.  The implication of this study ; 1) the students should minimize their difficulties and find the solution in the way of  a) Improve their English, or at least have adequate English before writing a thesis. b) Should manage their time wisely in doing their thesis. c) Read more relevant sources that can support their research. d) Give more attention to avoid plagiarism. 2) Further researchers are suggested to do similar research and add more data with adding research instruments, such as interview guides. 

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF PRONUNCIATION ERRORS OF ENGLISH CONSONANTS : /?/ and /ð/ BY THE STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU.

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
Nofpian Andesta Irianto ◽  
Imranuddin . ◽  
Syafrizal Sabaruddin
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Class A ◽  
Education Study ◽  
English Students ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia

This research was aimed to know  and to analyze how English students in University of Bengkulu, English Education Study program class A and B, academic year 2015/2016 pronounced English consonants /?/ and /ð/. The instrument used for collecting the data was recording. This research used qualitative and quantitative method. The result of this research showed most of English students pronounced English consonants /?/ and /ð/ incorrectly. It showed that the students were not good at pronouncing English consonants /?/ and /ð/ when they were located at the middle or at the final of the words. Based on the findings, the study concluded that the errors were caused by several reasons such as the sound of /?/ and /ð/ which did not exist in Bahasa Indonesia, the influence of similar sound with Bahasa Inonesia consonants /t/ and /d/, and also the carelessness

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN SPEECH AT THE STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF METRO ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Septian Dwi Sondiana ◽  
Sudirman -
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Grammar Rule ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Verb Agreement ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
English Students ◽  
Academic Year

The objectives of the research are to find out the types of grammatical errors in English students’ speech; to find out the percentage of grammatical errors in English students’ speech; to find out the factors influencing English students’ grammatical errors in their speech. Based on the data, the students have problem in producing verb group, errors in subject-verb agreement, errors in the use of articles, errors in the use of prepositions, errors in noun pluralization, errors in the use of pronouns, and errors in the use of conjunctions. It shows that Anisa made eleven sentences in 2 minutes 28 seconds. She made eight errors. Dewi made seven sentences in 1 minutes 57 seconds. She made five errors. Fatika made sixteen sentences in 4 minutes 14 seconds. She made eight errors. Fitri made sixteen sentences in 4 minutes 23 seconds. She made seven errors. Ibnu  made  ten sentences in 2 minutes 18 seconds. He made eight errors. Linda made fiveteen sentences in 3 minutes 7 seconds. She made eight errors. Musli made fourteen sentences in 2 minutes 39 seconds. She made six errors. Nyoman made twelve sentences in 3 minutes 43 seconds. He made nine errors. Pera made ten sentences in 2 minutes 23 seconds. She made seven errors. Sri made fourteen sentences in 6 minutes 34 seconds. She made eleven errors. And about the percentages of errors, here is the data; Anisa: 72,73% of errors; Dewi: 71,4% of errors; Fatika: 50% of errors; Fitri: 43,75% of errors; Ibnu: 80% of errors; Linda: 53,3% of errors; Musli: 42,8% of errors; Nyoman: 75% of errors; Pera: 70% of errors; Sri: 78,57% of errors. Based on interview, it shows it can be concluded the factors influence of English students’ grammatical errors in their speech when their speak using grammar rule. The internal factors are; The first, the students are still difficult to make feeling, for example; confident, feel scary, when they are speaking in public. The second, the students are not mastered in their skills. The third, the students are not have many vocabulay, so they can not express their idea to speak. The forth, the students are still think that grammar are not important to speak. For the external factors are; the first, the student  can not express their speaking because of their environment or comunity. The second, the teaching-learning process.

scholarly journals ENGLISH LEARNERS’ STRATEGIES IN LEARNING SPEAKING SKILL (A STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRM AT UNIVERSITAS BENGKULU IN 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Venti Septika Trialoka ◽  
Hilda Puspita ◽  
Syafrizal Sabarudin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
English Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this research was to find out the strategies used by the English Education Study Program students in learning speaking skill. It was designed as a descriptive quantitative research.  The  population  was  240  students  of  English  Education  Study  Program  of Universitas Bengkulu in the 2016/2017academic year. The samples were 60 students, taken from 25% of the total population. The data were collected by using a set of questionnai re. There  were  30  statements  of  speaking  learning  strategies  which  consisted  of  three categories of learning strategies proposed by O’Malley and Chamot (1990). They were metacognitive strategy, cognitive strategy, and social affective strategy.The instrument of this research was adapted from Liao and Chiang (2004).The result of this study showed students of English Education Study Program preferred to use all category of that learning strategy. In addition, the most frequently used strategy group by the students was social affective strategy (M=2.67). 

scholarly journals The Access to and Use of ICT in Learning English: A Case of University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Cici Adeliani ◽  
Alamsyah Harahap ◽  
Dedi Sofyan ◽  
Ildi Kurniawan ◽  
Azhar Aziz Lubis
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Sequential Mixed Methods ◽  
Education Study ◽  
The University ◽  
English Students ◽  
English Language Skills

This research aimed to find out the students’ access to ICT application and how far ICT application helps students in mastering English language skills faced by English students of English Education Study Program at the University of Bengkulu in the 2020/2021 academic year. This research was an explanatory sequential mixed methods design. The population of this research was English students of English Education Study Program at the University of Bengkulu. The sample of this research was selected by using purposive sampling technique, totaling 80 students for questionnaire and 24 students for interview. The data were collected by using questionnaire and interview. The instruments were consisted of 15 items adapted from Dang Hoang Tri and Nhung Hong Thi Nguyen (2014). This research used Microsoft Excel to analyze the data.  The result of this study showed that students access 15 ICT applications in English learning. Also, researcher found that the majority of students have positive perception towards ICT application can help students in mastering English language skills.

scholarly journals The Correlations among Reading Habit, Multiple Intelligences, and Writing Mastery of English Education Study Program Students of Sriwijaya University

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Ayu Lestari ◽  
Sofendi Sofendi ◽  
Ismail Petrus
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
English Education ◽  
Reading Habit ◽  
Reading Attitude ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Correlational Research ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Academic Year

The objectives of this study were (1) to describe the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, (2) to find out whether or not there was significant correlation among the students’ Reading habit, multiple intelligences, and writing mastery, and (3) to find out whether or not the students’ Reading habit and multiple intelligences contributed to their writing mastery. In this study, 76 undergraduate EFL students of English Education Study Program of Sriwijaya University in the academic year 2017/2018 were chosen as a samples by means of purposive sampling. This study applied correlational research design. The data were collected by using questionnaires and test, and were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results showed that (1) most of the students (50%)  were in the average level of reading habit; most of the students (15.7%) had six dominant intelligences; most of the students (57.8%) were in the good level of writing mastery; (2) reading attitude was the only habit which had a negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -271, p< 0.018); reading attitude also had positive and negative and significant correlation to the students’ ideas  (r= 0.367, p< 0.001) and thesis voice audience (r= -0.236, p=< 0.040); logical intelligence was the only intelligence which had negative and significant correlation to the students’ writing mastery (r= -0.238, p= 0.038); ideas was the only the aspect of writing had a positive  and significant correlation to the students’ logical intelligence (r= 0.267, p= 0.020) and intrapersonal intelligence (r= 0.250, p= 0.029); (3) reading attitude became the best predictor and influenced the students’ writing mastery with 7.3% contribution (R2 = 0.073).

scholarly journals An Analysis on IL Fossilization Phenomenon in Students Writing Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-130
Author(s):  
Nurul Aini Aini ◽  
Muhammad Khoirul Mufid ◽  
Eny Maulita Purnama Sari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
English Education ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Academic Year

This present study tries to investigate the students’ writing performance to know whether interlanguage fossilization is occurs or not. The primary goal of this research is to give information relating interlanguage fossilization in students’ writing performance of English Education Study Program of IAIN Jurai Siwo Metro. This research is qualitative research. It is used to describe interlanguage fossilization that occurred in students’ writing performance. The writer uses observation, documentation and interview to collect the data. Purposive sampling is the technique for choosing the ten students of the sixth and the eight semester of English Education Study Program of IAIN Jurai Siwo Metro in the Academic Year of 2017/2018. The result of this research shows that there are two types of interlanguage fossilization that are commonly produced by students’ writing performance. They are syntactical fossilization and morphological fossilization. Syntactical fossilization consists of 71, 86% and morphological fossilization consists of 28, 14%.  Moreover, interlanguage fossilization phenomenon in students’ writing performance is caused by the students’ low English proficiency. Therefore, the students should be more active to improve their English ability.  

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH SYLLABLE STRESS PLACEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Siska Veronica Veronica ◽  
Syafrizal Sabaruddin ◽  
Indah Damayanti
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Education ◽  
Syllable Type ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Syllable Stress ◽  
Test Result

This research concerned with the student’s knowledge on the English syllable stress placements of English Education Study Program Students. This research was a descriptive quantitative research. In this research, a test of English syllable placements was used. The words used in the test items were taken from high frequency of word which consist of 10 questions for each English syllable type. The results of this research shows that the knowledge of the English Education Study Program students on English syllable stress placements was low with 39.3 of the total mean score . Futher more, comparison of the test result among three enrollments of samples  shows that the different mean score of the second and fourth semester students was not significant (0.6 points); while the different mean scores of the second and fourth semester with sixth semester students was significant (20 points)

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