AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF BUGIS ACCENT ON STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL AT THE SECOND SEMESTER OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT UNISMUH MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the the impact of of Bugis accent on students’ speaking skill at the second semester at English Education Department at Unismuh Makassar, particularly the the impact of Bugis accent to the students pronunciation when speaking English. This research was a descriptive qualitative research in type of case study. The data was collected throug observation and structured interview. The subject were the students in the second semester of English Education Department at Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar. The researcher took 13 students from one class that they are coming from Bugis land. The findings showed that Bugis accent affects the students speaking skill, particularly  the students’ pronunciation in consonant sounds. The first is students felt difficult to mention certain consonants in English such as the sounds of: /tᶴ/, /θ/, /dᴣ/, /ὸ/. The students were commonly substituted the /tᶴ/ into /c/ sound. The sound of /θ/ was substituted into /t/ sound. The sound of /dᴣ/ was substituted into /ŋg/ or /g/ sound. And the sound of /ὸ/ was subtituted into /d/ sound. The second is the students deviated some consonant sounds in English, such as the sound of: /f/, /ᶴ/, /v/, /z/. The students were commonly deviated those sounds into nearest sound in their first language. The sound of /f was substituted into /p/ sound. The sound of /ᶴ/ was substituted into /s/ sound. The sound of /v/ sound was substituted into /f/ sound. And the /z/ sound was substituted into /s/ sound.