Comparative Study on Student’s Dialect of Batak Karo with Batak Toba in Speaking English

Abstract

This thesis deals with dialect Batak Karo and Batak Toba. In this study the objective is identify the dialect differentiation between Batak Karo and Batak Toba when they are speaking in English and also find out some similarities pronunctiation between BATAK Karo and Batak Toba in speaking English. This research is done through descriptive qualitative method and the data collected by observation and record the student when they are do conversation in speaking English. Dalect is regionally and socially distinctive variety of language, identified by a particular set of words and how to pronounce the word. After the data were collected then the writer adentifies, analize and categories the words. The result indicates that there are some differences phonological. Such as when vowel /a/ said by Batak Karo is /a/ and Batak Toba said /a/ become /e/ or /o/, and when Batak Toba said /e/ Batak Karo said /e/ become /i/. When vowel /e/ in English, Batak karo said by /ə/ and Batak Toba said with strong /e/. Especially for the consonant the different is in /v/ /p/ /f/. When Batak Karo people said /v/ Batak Toba will said /p/ and Batak Toba Said /f/ Batak Karo will said /p/. It can be concluded that there are still so many wrong pronunctiation when the students in Batak Karo and Batak Toba speaking in English.