THE ENGLISH PRONOUNCIATION OF THE STUDENTS FROM MANDAILINGNESE, PADANGNESE AND JAVANESE

This study presents the existence of the English pronunciation of the students from Mandailingnese, Padangnese and Javanese. The objectives of this study are to investigate: (1) the sound which students pronounce English differently, (2) which regional language that is most influential on the students English pronunciation, (3) the reason why the students pronounce English differently. The data are gathered from the sounds pronounced by the students in the second semester from State Institute for Islamic studies Medan of North Sumatera. Then, those are analyzed by applying some steps as usually used in descriptive qualitative research. Firstly, the questioners were given to the subjects. Next 134 words were pronounced by students. The interviews were given in the subjects problem. The findings of the research indicate that: (1) some sounds produced differently by the students: a. [ph]  [pe], [pa]. b. [th]  [U], [tI] c. [kh]  [kc], [k], [ko] d. [g]  [k] e. [f]  [g], [p]. f. [v]  [f], [j], [p] g. [] [t], [d] h. [] [t], [d], [I], [de], [tI], [də] i. [s]  [c], [z). j. [z]  [s], [d3] k. [] [z], [s], [t], [c] 1. [3]  [z], [], [g], [gen], [s], [3I] m. [t]  [c], [k], [tj], [tu] n. [d3]  [j], [g], [du], [ge], [3], [3I] o. [] [n], [g] p. [w]  [u]. (2) The Javanese is the most influential language on the students English pronunciation. (3) Lack of practice was the reason that was made by the students and it influenced them in producing the sound.