Abstract :
This study analyzed pronunciation error especially in English vowel.
Pronunciation is branch of phonology that the study focuses on the sound. The
object of this study was 20 students from Musi banyuasin III. The problems of
this study were (1), What errors are made by Native Musi Banyuasin III
students in English pronunciation (2), What are the factors of errors made by
the Native Banyuasin III students in their English pronunciation. The
objectives of this study were to find out the errors of English words made by
Native Musi Banyuasin III students and the factors of errors in English
pronunciation made by Native Musi Banyuasin III students. In conducting this
study, the researcher used descriptive qualitative method. The data was taken
from 22 vowels in English and the results were mostly in the form of phonetic
transcripts of 30 words and 10 sentences. The result of this study showed
47,2% vowel errors .
Keywords: Pronunciation, Phonology, Musi Banyuasin, Vowel Errors.