TABLE OF CONTENTS
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY ..................................................................... i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................... ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... iii
ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... v
LIST OF ABBREVIATION ................................................................................ vi
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ................................................................... vii
PART 1: INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 1
1.1. Rationale for the study ................................................................................... 1
1.2. Aims and objectives of the study ................................................................... 2
1.3. Research questions ......................................................................................... 2
1.4. Scope of the study .......................................................................................... 3
1.5. Significance of the study ................................................................................ 3
1.6. Design of the study ......................................................................................... 3
PART 2: DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................... 5
1.1. Review of the previous studies ...................................................................... 5
1.1.1. Review of the previous study: Abroad ........................................................ 5
1.1.2. Review of the previous study: At home ...................................................... 6
1.2. Review of theoretical background ................................................................. 7
1.2.1. Pronunciation .............................................................................................. 7
1.2.2. Mistakes in language learning ..................................................................... 8
1.2.3. Consonant .................................................................................................. 10
1.2.4. Ending sounds ........................................................................................... 13
1.2.5. Word-stress ................................................................................................ 15
1.3. Summary ...................................................................................................... 18
CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 19
2.1. Research methodology ................................................................................. 19
2.2. Research setting/ context .............................................................................. 19
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2.3. Data collection .............................................................................................. 20
2.3.1. Data collecting instruments ....................................................................... 20
2.3.2. Data collecting procedure ......................................................................... 22
2.4. Data analysis ................................................................................................ 22
2.5. Summary ...................................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ............................................. 24
3.1. Results collected from the survey questionnaire ......................................... 24
3.1.1. Students‟ awareness of English pronunciation ......................................... 24
3.1.2. Frequency and student‟s pronunciation mistakes ..................................... 28
3.1.3. Students‟ opinion on pronunciation solutions ........................................... 34
3.2. Results collected by using the recording ...................................................... 35
3.2.1. Common consonant errors ........................................................................ 36
3.2.2. Common errors related to word stress ...................................................... 39
3.3. Summary ...................................................................................................... 40
3.4. Suggesting some solutions to improve pronunciation skills ........................ 41
3.4.1. Suggested some solutions for individuals ................................................. 41
3.4.2. Suggested some solutions for teaching pronunciation .............................. 45
PART 3: CONCLUSION ................................................................................. 50
1. Recapitulation .................................................................................................. 50
2. Limitation of the study .................................................................................... 51
3. Recommendations/ suggestions for further study ........................................... 51
REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 53
APPENDIX 1 ...................................................................................................... 56
APPENDIX 2 ...................................................................................................... 60
APPENDIX 3 ...................................................................................................... 63