Error Analysis on English Pronunciation of Sundanese Students at SMA Negeri 1 Sajira Banten

Abstract

The study aims to analyse the students' English pronunciation which their dialects are Sundanese dialects. Their Sundanese dialects influence their English pronunciation. The students cannot pronounce Particular vowel sounds correctly, such as ‘’hand’’ /hænd/. The research method is case study of senior high schools in the Lebak - Banten. The research was conducted at X MIPA 2 students of SMA Negeri 1 Sajira. The data were collected through sounds recording, interviews and questionnaire. The result of the study showed that the students find difficulties and made some mistakes in pronouncing short vowels such as in the words ‘’nap’’ /næp/. The students made errors on the short vowel [ɪ], [ə], [ʌ], [ɒ], [æ] and [e]. Based on the results described in the previous section, it was determined that the majority of students mispronounce the short vowel [e]. On the long vowels, students of SMA Negeri 1 Sajira made errors on the vowel [ɜː], [ɔː], [uː], [iː], and [ɑː] with the highest number errors on long vowel [ɑː]. Based on the questionnaire, it can be concluded that all of the students difficult to accept or learn English. The highest students make error in pronunciation on short vowels æ with percentage 68,8% and correct pronounce 31,2%. It can be concluded that Sundanese students made some error in pronouncing English words such as sounds /æ/.