THE FACTORS OF ENGLISH WORDS MISPRONUNCIATION ENCOUNTERED BY EFL STUDENTS

Abstract

Abstract : English is a foreign language widely spoken among Indonesian, and people may become interested in a foreign language and start to learn the language. However, learning English can be challenging. Learner begins by memorizing vocabulary, understanding grammar rule, and primarily speaking the language. EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners must be attentive to their pronunciation during communication. Pronunciation is crucial in speaking, considering major mispronunciation can affect different interpretations. EFL learners in many levels of education, such as kindergarten to university, encountered English mispronunciation. The purpose of this study was to reveal the factors of EFL students’ mispronunciation and aimed to acknowledge the EFL students’ strategies to correct their English pronunciation. The participants of the study were five students in their fourth semester at the English Education Department at the University of Islam Malang. This study used qualitative descriptive as the research design and open-ended interview as the instrument. there are several factors that cause EFL students mispronounce the English words which are the participants’ self-motivation, lack of vocabulary, afraid of making mistakes while speaking loudly or in class, and mother tongue interference heavenly influence the EFL students’ pronunciation. The participants used to improve their pronunciation are listening to English songs and watching English movies, using TikTok and YouTube, checking their pronunciation in Google Translate, and corrective feedback.

Keywords : English mispronunciation, factors of mispronunciation , students' strategies