The Contrastive Analysis Between English And Bulgarian Phonemes Based On The Pronunciation Of The Students Of Sofia University Bulgaria In The 2018/2019 Academic Year

rita malini; drs. zuhad ahmad, m.pd;

JEMI PENNI. NIM: 10401065132 “THE CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS
BETWEEN ENGLISH AND BULGARIAN PHONEMES BASED ON
PRONUNCIATION OF THE STUDENTS OF SOFIA UNIVERSITY
BULGARIA IN THE 2018/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR”. Strata I (S-1). The
Study Program of English Education. The Faculty of Teacher Training and
Pedagogy. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. Hamka, 2019.
This research deals with the descriptions and analyses on phonemes of English
and Bulgarian language which provide several similarities and difference. It has
been found the similarities and differences between English and Bulgarian
Phonemes. The similarities do not make the students of Sofia University have
trouble in learning L2 (English), but the differences between two languages do.
Hence, based on the collected data, some differences are founded such as
phonemic opposition and phonetic features, and so their similarities. The approach
applied in this study was qualitative. The data were collected via observation,
interviews, and record reading test of sentences which were constructed in the
form of field-notes. This study involved 20 students. They have had experience in
learning English but there were still some mispronouncing English words found.
The writer wills to know the result of the reading test in phonemes that do not
exists in Bulgaria. For the result of the competence of the reading with good
pronunciation, the writer takes guide on Anas Sudjiono to know the result of the
students’ ability in English Pronunciation