Pratiwi, Putri Nindi (2021) An Analysis of Intonation In English Pronunciation of English Department Students At State Institute For Islamic Studies of Metro. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The purposes of this study were to analyze the intonation in English pronunciation, to investigate the most dominant type of intonation in English pronounciation, and to analyze the students‟ difficulties in using intonation in English pronunciation of English Department Students at State Institute for Islamic Studies of Metro. The researcher analyzed this phenomenon based on the consideration of students' problems in pronunciation investigated in the pre-survey process. Therefore, it is hoped that this research is useful in describing the phenomenon of intonation in students' pronunciation.

This research method is a qualitative research in the form of a case study conducted at IAIN Metro. The main source of this research is English education students semester one which consists of eight conversation done English education students. The researcher used observation and documentation in collecting data.

The result of this research is that the use of intonation in English pronunciation is dominated by inappropriate use (61%). The second research result proved that the most dominant type of intonation in English pronunciation is rising-falling intonation (41%). The third research result proved that the students difficulties in using intonation in English pronunciation are Difficulty of Falling Tone (16%), Mix-using intonation (41%), Lack of Falling-Rising Tone (39%), and Lack of Rhythm (4%).

Keywords: Intonation, English pronunciation, qualitative research.

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