scholarly journals Students' Pronunciation Errors in English Silent Letters

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-467
Author(s):  
Winda Pusfarani ◽  
Mukhrizal Mukhrizal ◽  
Hilda Puspita
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Method ◽  
English Language ◽  
Total Population ◽  
English Education ◽  
Systematic Errors ◽  
Suitable Method ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Attention To Students ◽  
Academic Year

The objective of this research was to find out the types of pronunciation errors are made by the seventh semester  students of English education study program at Bengkulu University in the academic year 2020/2021. This research used a descriptive quantitative method. 94 students as the total population 30 students  were chosen randomly as the samples. The instrument of the research were pronunciation test and interview. The test comprises 52 sentences which contain 13 silent letters i.e. “k, gh, th, g, p, l, t, s, w, n, b, h, d”. Each letter appears 4 times in the test. The results of the research showed that the students made two types of errors namely pre-systematic errors and systematic errors. The pre-systematic errors occurred more frequently than the systematic errors. The highest errors made by the students  were silent letters “g” (e.g. gnaw) and “b” (e.g. doubt) which total numbers of errors of each of them were 93 times (77%). It could be concluded that the students faced high difficulties in pronouncing the silent letters which completely different from Indonesian phonetic system. It was recommended that the English lecturers should pay more attention to students’ pronunciation and find more suitable method or technique of teaching it and students should study harder about the silent letters in English language.

scholarly journals Transition Words Progression of Written Texts Made by the Second-Semester Students of the English Study Program of FKIP Saint Thomas University in Academic Year 2019/2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Fiber Yun Almanda Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Written Texts ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This research is written to achieve an objective as follow: (1) to find out the progression of transitional in writing text has been made by the second semester of English Education Study Program in academic 2018/2019. The writer used descriptive qualitative research to give description systematically and factually about facts of a certain population. The researcher determines that the design is descriptive quantitative method because it describes the data that is taken from the sample, and the results of the data were tabulated in the form of percentage. There were 18 students (90%) agreed that transition words were used to connect the sentences. There were 20 (100%) students (90%) agreed that transition words were used to organize the sentences. There were 17 students (85%) agreed that transition words were used to remember about the topic. There were 20 (100%) students agreed that transition words were used to tell the experience, and there were 20 (100%) students agreed transition words were used to enhance the connections between facts.

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 ERROR ANALYSIS ON ENGLISH GERUNDS MADE BY THE SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIB IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2017/2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-47
Author(s):  
Recci Nuzirwan ◽  
Imranuddin . ◽  
Arasuli .
Keyword(s):  
Error Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
Direct Object ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Academic Year

The objectives of this research are to find out the types of errors and the most dominant error of using gerunds (as a subject of a sentence, as an object of preposition or after pr eposition, as a direct object of certain verbs, after a special expression and as a passive form) by the sixth semesterstudents  of  English  Education  Study  Program  of  UNIB in the academic year of  2017/2018.  The sample  of  this  research  consisted  of  77  students.  This  research  used  descriptive  quantitative method. The result of the analysis shows that the students made errors in all five types of gerunds. There were 27.1% (809) errors of using gerund as direct object of certain verbs, 24.5% (735) errors of using gerund as passive form, 20.8% (624) errors of using gerund after special expression, 15.5% (463) errors of using gerund as object of preposition or after preposition, 12.1% (361) errors of using gerund as subject of a sentence. Evidently, the most dominant errors made by the students of using gerund were the gerunds as direct object of certain verbs.

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). 

Rancang Bangun E-Learning Pronounciation Bahasa Inggris STKIP Setiabudhi Rangkasbitung Berbasis Web

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dentik Karyaningsih ◽  
Puji Siswanto
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
System Development ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Education Study ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
E Learning

Lecture courses in the English Language Education Study Program of STKIP Setiabudhi Rangkasbitung are still conducted in face-to-face class, so the students who do not attend lectures cannot know the pronunciation material at that time, because the Pronunciation course is a practical course in the English pronunciation system. The E-Learning Pronunciation is built so that lectures can be carried out anywhere and anytime without reducing the quality of the teaching and learning process. Therefore, the students who are left behind can continue to follow the Pronunciation course material, as well as habituating students in utilizing communication and information technology. E-Learning Pronunciation is important to be built to improve the ability of students’ pronunciation when doing distance learning, so that students are clearer and more firm in understanding Pronunciation so that there are no errors in English pronunciation. Participants in this study were first semester students of English education study programs. This study uses an experimental research design with the Prototype System development method and system of testing uses Black box testing.

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 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 IL FOSSILIZATION PHENOMENON ANALYSIS IN STUDENTS’ WRITING PERFORMANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Nurul Aini ◽  
Muhammad Khoirul Mufid
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
English Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Education Study ◽  
The Common ◽  
Academic Year

It has been widely recognized that interlanguage fossilization is the common phenomena in second language acquisition. The present study tried to investigate the students’ writing performance to find out whether interlanguage fossilization occured or not. The primary goal of this research was to give information relating to interlanguage fossilization in students’ writing performance.This research was qualitative research. The writer used observation, documentation and interview to collect the data. Purposive sampling was 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 showed that there were two types of interlanguage fossilization commonly produced by students. They were syntactical fossilization and morphological fossilization. Syntactical fossilization consisted of 71, 86% and morphological fossilization consisted of 28, 14%.  Moreover, interlanguage fossilization phenomenon in students’ writing performance was caused by the students’ low English proficiency. Therefore, the students should be more active to improve their English ability.

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