The Ability of Students in Understanding Minimal Pair

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200323.128How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ability, understanding, minimal pair

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to describe how the student’s ability in understanding minimal pair and what the factors that influenced the students’ ability in understanding minimal pair at the all semester students of English Department at Universitas Baturaja.The descriptive method was used in this research. The sample was taken by using proportional random sampling. The population of this study was the all semester students of English Department at Universitas Baturaja in academic year 2018/2019. The sample was 51 students and try out was 20 students from non-sample. In collecting the data, this study used test consists of listening and pronunciation test and also questionnaire. The results of listening test was average. There were ten minimal pairs which were focused on initial consonant sound. Then, the results of pronunciation test was average. There were eleven minimal pairs which were focused on initial consonant sound. So, the total average of students test score was 68.26. It was concluded that the students were able or have an ability in understanding minimal pair.

Copyright

© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Novarita
AU  - Erwanto
AU  - Lasmiatun
AU  - M. Rama Sanjaya
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/25
TI  - The Ability of Students in Understanding Minimal Pair
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Progressive Education (ICOPE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 246
EP  - 251
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200323.128
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200323.128
ID  - 2020
ER  -