A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS ON THE PHENOMENA OF ENGLISH SECONDARY ARTICULATIONS...

A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS ON THE PHENOMENA OF ENGLISH SECONDARY ARTICULATIONS MADE BY THE THIRD SEMESTER STUDENTS OF PBI OF AHMAD DAHLAN UNIVERSITY
IN 2006/2007 ACADEMIC YEAR

 by:
EVI RATNA JUWITA
02004081


ABSTRACT

This thesis entitled “A Descriptive Analysis on the Phenomena of English Secondary Articulations Made by the Third Semester Students of PBI of Ahmad Dahlan University in 2006/2007 Academic Year”. This research is intended to identify the English secondary articulations mainly conducted by the third semester students of PBI of Ahmad Dahlan University in 2006/2007 academic year. The aims of this study are: (1) to know the students’ proficiency in producing secondary articulations, (2) to describe the phenomena of English secondary articulations, (3) to analyze the sound deviations produced by the students on the phenomena of secondary articulations, and (4) to know the factors which make the students perform deviations in producing secondary articulations.

This is a descriptive qualitative research which applies phonetic theories. By using qualitative method, the writer analyzes and describes the phenomena of secondary articulations made by the students in the form of description. The testing and recording techniques are used to collect the data of the research. The instrument used to reveal the data is a pronunciation test consisting of isolated words and minimal pairs. The validity of the instrument is achieved by using content and curricular validities.

The research finding shows that the students’ proficiency in producing the phenomena of English secondary articulations is categorized into very high level. Generally the proficiency of the students in producing secondary articulations in isolated words is categorized into the very high level. Meanwhile, the students’ proficiency in minimal pair section is classified into the average level. The result of the data shows that there are some deviations made by the students. Those deviations are omitting aspiration in producing the sounds [p, t, k] in initial position, omitting the lip-rounding accompanying the sound [k], omitting the addition of a high front tongue, omitting velarization of the syllable [l], and omitting glottalization of the glottal sound [h]. Nevertheless, generally the students made little deviations in producing all the secondary articulations given by the researcher. Most of them correctly produced the phenomena of labialization, nasalization, velarization, and glottalization. This occurred because those phenomena are also found in their first language. Meanwhile, the students made deviation in relation to the phenomenon of aspiration. This is due to the differences between Indonesian and English writing, spelling, and pronunciation system. In addition, the students made some deviations in minimal pair section. Those deviations are caused by factors influencing them, which are called interlingual and intralingual factors. The first, which is called interlingual includes omitting aspiration in producing initial plosive sounds. Under category of intralingual deviations are overgeneralization and spelling rule confusion.