AN ANALYSIS OF PRONUNCIATION IN WORD STRESS TOWARDS STUDENTS OF SIXTH SEMESTER ENGLISH EDUCATION UIN RADEN INTAN BANDAR LAMPUNG ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

Nuflihin, Surya Adam (2024) AN ANALYSIS OF PRONUNCIATION IN WORD STRESS TOWARDS STUDENTS OF SIXTH SEMESTER ENGLISH EDUCATION UIN RADEN INTAN BANDAR LAMPUNG ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT As part of an English education, students are expected to have appropriate skills in pronunciation; usually, word stress tends to be neglected and is not considered a serious issue in Indonesian EFL. Stress placement in English words is conduct with complicated rules. Hence, assigning stress correctly in English words is still a challenge for learners due to the fact that Indonesian and English have different rules in the suprasegmental or prosody system. This research explored the production of English word stress by 23 students of the sixth semester at Islam State University Raden Intan Bandar Lampung. This research used a qualitative approach, and the data were recorded by giving a task to pronounce 15 words, which consist of five words in two syllables, six words in three syllables, and four words in four syllables. PRAAT software was utilized to analyze the recordings, including measuring the pitch, intensity, and duration as indicators. The result illustrated that the students word stress pronunciation was avarage. Almost all the students were able to distinguish the placement of stress correctly, with a percentage of 82% on two syllables, 51% on three syllables, and 67% on four syllables. However, in most cases, the highest pitch and longest duration fell on the last syllable. Another fact about the factors of error for the students in word stress was the absence of mother tongue or prosody features in Indonesian, a lack of practice, and limited knowledge in English phonetics. Keywords: word stress; stress placement Indonesian EFL; phonetics pronunciation; prosodic features, PRAAT software.

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