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Indonesian students often find problems with pronunciation when they speak in English due to the difference between L1 and L2 and several other factors. This study aims to analyze students' perceptions and to find out the factors that affect students' difficulties in pronouncing English words. This research is qualitative research using a descriptive case study. The participants in this study were 4th semester students of English Education at Universitas Pancasakti Tegal. Data collection is done by questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 27 items divided into 9 categories. The results show that the majority of answers in criteria 1, 6, 7, and 8 are neutral (40%-47%), while the majority of answers in criteria 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9 are agree (47%-63%). The conclusion of this study is that the factors that affect students' difficulties in pronouncing English words are difficulty distinguishing words that have the same pronunciation, the scarcity of practice causes speech errors, a lack of vocabulary mastery causes difficulties in understanding English, regional accents lead to incorrect pronunciation, difficulty pronouncing new words, English vowel inconsistency, and spelling effects on pronunciation.


 

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Pronunciation Difficulty English Words

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