Abstract
English learners should aware of English sounds, more specifically English phoneme, to comprehending the English language accurately. In order to completing the goal this research aimed to find out students’ preferences and attitude of English Education Program in Universitas Brawijaya. This was a descriptive quantitative research by using a survey design. The participants of this study were 103 (a hundred and three) students of batch 2015 to 2017 in English Language Education Program. The researcher used adopted questionnaire which consist of 8 items preferred themes and 19 statements of attitude in phonetic as the instrument by Lintunen and Makilahde (2013). This research was analyzed using SPSS program. The result of this study revealed student’s preference and attitudes toward phonetics learning. The most preferred topic chosen by the participants are the vowel systems (28.20%), speech rhythm and accent difference (27.20%), and intonation analysis (26.20%). The students performed a positive attitude toward English phonetic learning that can improve their skill in English especially in their pronunciation (98.1%). It is concluded that the students thought English Phonetics is important to increase their knowledge and their skill in learning English. The researcher suggested for future researcher, they can conduct the research by considering the correlation between pronunciation in English phonetics and speaking skill in English language.
Highlights
Language as an object of linguistic study has a spacious scope
The researcher suggested for future researcher, they can conduct the research by considering the correlation between pronunciation in English phonetics and speaking skill in English language
The result of this research implies that phonetic learning is favorable for students of English Language Education Program as their preferences and attitude toward English Phonetic learning is positive
Summary
Language as an object of linguistic study has a spacious scope. When we discussed language, it means we talked about humans and their activities that required language as their communication. E., 2007) Phonological awareness plays an essential role in learning activities in any language in the world. He mentions that phonological awareness is a skill that needs to be developed before the student can maximize their success in reading because ensuring the student to read from their volition is a critical problem in education. L., 2017) claimed that students have a different attitude when they learning English as a foreign language. The purpose of the present study was focus on the English Language Education Program students’ preferences and attitude toward English Phonetic Learning. The present study aims know the Indonesian EFL learners’ preferences and attitude toward English Phonetic Learning.
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