Pronunciation Recognition of –ed Ending Words by the Students of English Education Study Program of the University of Bengkulu

Abstract

This research concerned with the English Education Study Program students’ recognition in pronouncing –ed ending words and the English Education Study Program students’ recognition of different enrollments. This research was a descriptive quantitative research. In this research, form of –ed ending pronunciation test of written sentences was used. The words used in the test items which consist of 40 questions. The data of this research was analyzed by using qualitative and quantitative method. The results of this research shows that the recognition of the English Education Study Program students in pronouncing –ed ending words was low with 46.6 of the average mean score. It confirmed the previous study on the ability in pronouncing morphophonemic or –ed ending words by Ningrum (2019) which conducted in the same place. Furthermore, comparison of the test result among three enrollments of samples shows that different mean score of first and third semester is 1.6 points. It is similar to the different mean score of the first and fifth semester students is 1.4 points. While, the different mean score of the fifth and third semester students is 3 points. It can be concluded that there are not any significant differences between them.

Pronunciation Errors of Fricative Sounds Made by English Students

“…Another factor that can affect the percentage of results is the absence of specific courses on pronunciation that will be studied by students in the English Department (Giantari, 2020). The accuracy of pronunciation by students is very important for their future life as prospective teachers.…”

“…According to Dalton and Seildhofer in Giantari (2020) pronunciation is the production and reception of sound. Every language has different segments and speakers learning the language must also learn the source of the speech sounds.…”

Students’ Problems In Pronouncing -Ed Ending In Reading Aloud At STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat In 2019/2020 Academic Year

“…Pronunciation is the manner act of pronouncing words, utterance of speech. In other word, it is called as the way of speaking a word, especially a way that is accepted or generally understood (Giantari et al, 2020). As stated by Gilakjani in (Sahatsathatsana, 2017) and Shak, Lee, & Stephen in (Faculty et al, 2016) pronunciation is one of important parts in speaking, especially in spoken English.…”

“…The -ed ending has three pronunciations: [t], [d], and [Id]. As stated by (Arief, 2017), Salaberry in (Davila, 2018), (Giantari et al, 2020), the -ed ending word is the word that end in -ed or -d which is added to a regular verb to form the regular past tense and the regular past principle inflection. Therefore Brown & Attardo in (Zilva, 2017), Celce Murcia et al in (Jiménez et al, 2020),and Finegan in (Yaowaratana & Rungruang, 2018) explain that -ed ending have some rules as follows: First, if there is a verb which ends in /d/ or /t/, the ending takes an epenthetic vowel and is pronounced as /Id/.…”

“…It means that there are many factors that make the students have problems with pronunciation. According to Dewi in (Giantari et al, 2020), the problems encountered by the students in pronouncing -ed ending may be caused by their lack of knowledge of the pronunciation of -ed ending. Another problem was caused by the English final clusters of consonants which do not exist in Bahasa Indonesia.…”