THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEIR PRONUNCIATION ACCURACY - repository perpustakaan

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THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS THEIR PRONUNCIATION ACCURACY

A Thesis

Submitted to Department of English Education,

Postgraduate Program of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master Degree of English

Education

By

Supriatin Agustini 2020105016

MASTER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOKERTO

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Dedication Page

This research is dedicated to my parents, my husband (Nurohman Agung P.), my kids (Hannan and Rania), and to whom it may concern.

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Abstract

This research is about the correlation between the students’ perception and attitude towards their pronunciation accuracy. The subjects of this research were the eighth-grade students of five Junior High Schools in Adipala Sub-distrcict in Cilacap regency. The population of this research was 650 students This research applied random sampling. 100 students were investigated as the subjects in this research. To obtain the data, the researcher employed questionnaires and pronunciation test. The pronunciation test was taken from ELSA Speak Application.. In analyzing the data, the researcher used Descriptive Statistics, Pearson Product Moment and Multiple Linear Regression. Research results revealed that (1) The students’ perception towards the pronunciation accuracy was positive with the mean of the questionnaire was 4 (2) The students’ attitude towards the pronunciation accuracy was positive with the mean of the questionnaire was 3.7 (3) The mean of the pronunciation accuracy was 44.19 that was considered moderate. (4) There was a significant correlation between the students’ perceptions and their pronunciation accuracy with the r-value 0.472 (5) There was a significant correlation between the students’ attitude and their pronunciation accuracy with the r-value 0.494 (6) There was a correlation between the students’ perception and attitude towards the pronunciation accuracy with the p-value of perception 0.043 and the t-value of perception 2.053 meanwhile the p-value of the attitude was 0.009 with the t-value of the attitude was 2.658.

Keywords: quantitative, perception, attitude, pronunciation

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researcher would like to express her deepest gratitude to Allah SWT, almighty for all the blessings and inspirations that allowed the completion of this thesis entitled “The Correlation Between The Students’ Perception And Attitude Towards Their Pronunciation Accuracy”. This thesis is completed as partial fulfillment of the requirement for a Master in English Education Degree Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.

Furthermore, the researcher would like to express special thanks to:

1. Dr. H. Furqanul Aziz, M. Pd, as the Director of Postgraduate Program at Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto.

2. Asih Ernawati, Ph. D., as the head of Master English Education, Postgraduate Program of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto

3. Dr. Suwartono, M. Hum, as the supervisor of the researcher, who has given guidance.

4. All of the English Education Postgraduate Program lecturers, who had given their support, advice, and knowledge.

5. My beloved family.

6. All of my beloved friends.

Last but not least, the researcher thanks those who have supported the researcher whose name cannot be personally mentioned due to the limited space.

Finally, the researcher is aware that this thesis is far from perfection.

Therefore, the researcher would happily accept critics, comments, and also suggestions in order to make this work better. The researcher hopes that this thesis can give a contribution to all English learners.

Purwokerto, August 2022

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. The Population ... 38

Table 2. The Sample ... 39

Table 3. The Aspects of Perception Questionnaire ... 41

Table 4. The Aspects of Attitude Questionnaire ... 43

Table 5. The Blue-Print of Pronunciation Test ... 45

Table 6. The Likert-Scale ... 47

Table 7. The Table of Perception Questionnaire Mean ... 48

Table 8. The Table of Attitude Questionnaire Mean ... 48

Table 9. The Table of Pronunciation Test Score ... 50

Table 10. The Result of the Students' Perception Questionnaire ... 54

Table 11. The Result of the Students' Attitude Questionnaire ... 60

Table 12. The Frequency Distribution of Pronunciation Accuracy ... 67

Table 13. The Analysis Result of The Pronunciation Accuracy ... 68

Table 14. The Index Value of The Pronunciation Test ... 68

Table 15. The Validity of the Perception Questionnaire ... 69

Table 16. The Validity of the Attitude Questionnaire ... 70

Table 17. The Reliability of the Perception and Attitude Questionnaires ... 71

Table 18. One-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test ... 71

Table 19. The Linear Regression of the Data ... 72

Table 20. The Result Analysis of The Multiple Linear Regression ... 74

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1. The English Vowel Chart ... 15

Figure 2. The English Consonant Chart ... 18

Figure 3. The features of English Pronunciation... 20

Figure 4. The relationship of the variables ... 37

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LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1 Blue Print on Perception ... 92

APPENDIX 2 Blue Print on Attitude ... 94

APPENDIX 3 Instrument of The Students' Perception... 96

APPENDIX 4 Instrument of The Students’ Attitude ... 99

APPENDIX 5 Pronunciaton Test Items ... 101

APPENDIX 6 Perception Questionnaire Result ... 102

APPENDIX 7 Attitude Questionnaire Result ... 106

APPENDIX 8 Validity and Reliability Perception Questionnaire ... 110

APPENDIX 9 Validity and Reliability Attitude Questionnaire ... 113

APPENDIX 10 Normality Test ... 116

APPENDIX 11 The Result Of The Pearson Product Moment... 117

APPENDIX 12 The Result of The Multiple Linear Regression ... 118

APPENDIX 13 Permit Letters ... 119

APPENDIX 14 Pictures of the Test Activities... 129