PHONOLOGICAL ERRORS ON THE USE OF ENGLISH CONSONANT PHONEMES ENCOUNTERED BY THE 4TH SEMESTER ENGLISH LITERATURE STUDENTS OF MAHASARASWATI DENPASAR UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This descriptive qualitative research was conducted to find out the kinds of phonological errors in the English consonant phonemes produced by the English literature students from fourth semester of the Foreign Languages Faculty of Mahasaraswati Denpasar University. Moreover, this study also examined the English phonological rules which were applied by students. The data were taken from the students’ speech by using observation method realized through note0taking technique. The results showed that there were numbers of phonological errors encountered by the students and they were occurred in the initial, medial and final position of the phonemes, such as; fricative sounds error [f], [ʃ], [tʃ], [ɵ], [v], [ʒ], [dʒ], and [ð]; allophone sounds error [p^h], [t^h], and [k^h]; the substitution of the sounds [f], [v] and [p], [dʒ] and [ʒ], [ð] and [θ], [tʃ] and [t]; the deletion of the sounds [k], [g], [d], [z], and [t]. It can be concluded that the students still face some problems in producing an appropriate English pronunciation. By considering the significance of the accuracy in expressing their spoken English, the lectures need to solve this problem by giving more emphasis on the English phonological rules.