DIAGNOSING STUDENTS’ ERRORS IN ENGLISH PRONOUNCIATION BY USING ELSA SPEAK APPLICATION AT THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FKIP UHN NOMMENSEN MEDAN

Abstract

English is international language and very important for human life because it allows for better social interaction. It is important for learners to have good English pronunciation. Pronounciation consist of two such us vowel and consonant. The researcher saw that many students don‟t know how to use good pronounciation in the class when teaching the Junior high school at Aceh Timur. So, the researcher interest to research about pronounciation errors. The objective of this study is to know the students' pronunciation ability at the third year students English Department Universitas HKBP Nommensen Medan based on ELSA Speak Application. To find out what types of errors occur in English pronounciation at the third year students English Department FKIP Universitas HKBP Nommensen Medan based on the ELSA Speak Application. The research design for this study is descriptive qualitative research. The data were taken from students pronounciation test by using ELSA Speak Application and documentation. The population for this study was the students' of the English Department FKIP Universitas HKBP Nommensen Medan. The researcher take samples were consists of 15 students. The data shows that, students' get a score of 58.02 and almost correct category. The dominant types of errors occur in English pronounciation made by students in vowels is “i”. Types of errors that occur in consonants is “k” and students more often make mistakes based on theory Bonaventure namely Non native sounds, carry over and Overgeneralisation is “overgeneralization”.