Analyzing Pamonanese Vowel Sounds Used by Second Semester Students of English Education Study Program at Sintuwu Maroso University

Abstract

The objectives of the research are to find out how many change of vowel sounds that often used by Pamonanese students and analyze how do Pamonanese students pronouncing English words. The researcher uses descriptive qualitative method in explain the result of the research. Data are gained from words, phrases, and sentences in English. The data are analyzed by using Fromkin theory of the relation between accent and phonology, and Mesthrie theory of seldom very localised accents, but rather modified regional accents. The result of the research shows that there are four change of vowel sounds that often used by Pamonanese students.They are vowel sound [ ə ] became [ e ], [ ɪ ] and [ i ] became [ i: ], [ ɔ ] and [ ə ]  became [ o ], and [ ə ] became [ a ]. Pamonanese students pronouncing English words in different ways or by their own way, such as changes vowel sounds when they are pronouncing an English word, and then produces the different sound of word. For example in the words again [əgɛn], someday [səmde], because [bɪkɔz] and animal [ænəməl]