AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN DISTINGUISHING AND PRONOUNCING LABIODENTAL SOUNDS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the extent of the fifth-semester students in the academic year of 2022/2023 at STKIP Muhammadiyah Aceh Barat Daya in pronouncing fricatives labiodental sounds, which divided into two, namely /f/ sound and /v/ sound. The research design used in this study was descriptive from a quantitative approach. 57 fifth-semester students of the English Education Department were selected as a sample using purposive sampling. A pronunciation test was used to collect the data. The collected data was analyzed and processed by using descriptive statistics using SPSS 16.0. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher came to a conclusion that in contrast to their proficiency in pronouncing the sound /f/, fifth-semester students at STKIP Muhammadiyah Aceh Barat Daya academic year of 2022/2023 were still unable to pronounce the sound /v/ correctly. It was proven that the mean score of /f/ sound was higher than the mean score of /v/ sound. The mean score of /f/ sound was 55.18, while the mean score of /v/ sound was 28.33