Types of Incorrectly-Pronounced Words by EFL Learners

Abstract

The correct pronunciation supports the understanding of speaker and listener during communication. However, the different rules of sound becomes the challenge. Indonesian learners must imitate the sound of words as standardized by the natives of English. This research is conducted to reveal the type of words which are still incorrectly pronounced. By involving the participation of students of Amikom Purwokerto University who take a Business English class, the data is collected. Observation, recording and transcription becomes a technique to document the data. Meanwhile, transcription, classification, and patternization becomes the steps of analysis. The analysis presents that the words which are still difficult to pronounce are dominantly the words with diphthong, at the begining or the end of the words. Whereas, the monopthong is also sometimes become a problem. The familiarity of words plays a consideration for students to pronounce it based on their own understanding. Hence, the findings is expected to fulfill the students needs due to the fact that time limit requires lecturer to set a compact lesson material. Understanding the result of this research can help the lecturer to emphazise the learning by the type of words which are still incorrectly-pronounced by the students.