Abstract
Pronunciation has been one of the compulsory courses for the first year English education students of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. Considering the importance of pronunciation skills for the English students, the researchers conducted research to investigate capability of the first year English Education students in pronouncing academic words listed in the Academic Word List. This study aimed to examine whether, firstly, the first year English Education students of Sanata Dharma University pronounced the selected academic words correctly and secondly, to discover the percentage of the correct pronunciation of the students in pronouncing the academic words. Data, consisting of pronunciations of 10 selected academic words, were collected through audio recordings. To solve the first question, the researchers conducted a one-shot design study, namely dealing with the pronunciation performance of the students at a particular time. To resolve the second question, the researchers calculated the percentage of the students’ correct pronunciations. Results showed that as a whole the students mispronounced the selected academic words and the percentage of correct pronunciation reached 35 per cent.
Highlights
In mastering a language, such as English, learners need to deal with four basic skills, namely reading, writing, listening, and speaking
To figure out the correct or acceptable English pronunciation, Burleigh and Skandera (2005) suggest that students look up to the dictionary or the standard pronunciation which is regarded as the Received Pronunciation
Burleigh and Skandera (2005) state that phonetic transcription is a certain method employed to write down the words said by the speaker accurately
Summary
In mastering a language, such as English, learners need to deal with four basic skills, namely reading, writing, listening, and speaking. To figure out the correct or acceptable English pronunciation, Burleigh and Skandera (2005) suggest that students look up to the dictionary or the standard pronunciation which is regarded as the Received Pronunciation. O‟Connor (1980) adds that “in ordinary English spelling, it is not easy to know what sounds the letter stands for”. It means that in English spelling letters do not have exact sounds when they are forming a certain word. Burleigh and Skandera (2005) state that phonetic transcription is a certain method employed to write down the words said by the speaker accurately. By looking up the phonetic transcription, English learners are able to orally produce the similar and the proper sounds
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