STUNDENT'S WORD STRESS ERRORS IN PRONOUNCING ENGLISH WORD BY USING SPEECH ANALYZER SOFTWARE

Abstract

This research is motivated by several mistakes that are often experienced by students when speaking English, especially in pronunciation when emphasizing a syllable when speaking English. This study is qualitative research by analyzing student voice recordings to analyze errors that often occur when emphasizing syllables in English. The data from this research is primary data which is directly collected in the field. The data that has been collected from ten students is in the form of an audio recorder. Researchers conducted an analysis using the Speech Analyzer Software tool and compared the data with Google Audio Translate and saw the pitch listed on the application to be used. With the results obtained, the most errors occur in the vocabulary that is often used when communicating. The results of this study indicate that 10 students who have been tested for word stress pronunciation, there are still many of them who make errors when pronouncing word stress in English. Vocabulary that often occurs in emphasis is the vocabulary that is often said when speaking. The emphasis of this syllable is very important because the wrong position of the emphasis can make the listener understand different meanings from the speaker because in English there is a vocabulary that has the same writing and pronunciation but the emphasis is different. If there are repeated mistakes it will change the meaning.