FACTORS AFFECTING PRONUNCIATION DIFFICULTIES OF 8th GRADE STUDENTS OF MTSN PALU BARAT
Abstract
The objective of this research was to find out the factors affecting the pronunciation difficulty of 8th grade students MTs.N Palu Barat. This is a descriptive research. The respondents of this research consist of 38 students. The instruments of the research were non-test consisting of interview, tape recorder, and questionnaire. The data were collected by interviewing English teacher, recording students, and distributing the questionnaire. The result of this research shows some finding. Firstly, the result of interview showed the factors affecting the pronunciation difficulties of students were low motivation, lack of confidence, insupporting environment, do not use English as their primary language, have no enough ability in pronunciation, less attention, influenced by their accent and the orientation of the scool generally. Secondly, the result of recording showed that students did some mistake in pronouncing the words in English.
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