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This research aims to find out the ability in pronouncing diphthong sounds /ai/, /ei/and /oi/ the English Department Students of the English Education Study Program at the University of Bengkulu. This research was descriptive quantitative analysis. The population was the fourth-semester students' English study program, University of Bengkulu. The sample was selected by Random Sampling, totalling 38 students who were taken randomly from each class. The data were collected by several pronunciation tests with English words which contain English diphthongs /ai/, /ei/, /oi/. Data collection was supported by audio recording. The data obtained was then analyzed using the Audacity application with the help of Google Translate as a reference for the pronunciation received. The result of this study showed that most English students’ pronunciation of the word diphthongs was bad pronunciation; the three diphthongs got more than half of the students' mispronunciations. In conclusion, the ability in pronouncing the diphthong sounds /ai/, /ei/ , and /oi/ was poor and the dominant respondent's pronunciation error was diphthong /oi/. For future researchers, it is recommended to continue this research by investigating the problems of English students from all types of English diphthongs with a larger sample and investigating the causal factors.
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Donal, A. (2016). Indonesian students’ difficulties in pronouncing english diphthong. Journal of English Education, 2(2), 55–62.
Fatimah, N. (2016). The analysis of students’ competence in pronouncing english closing diphthongs (A case at the second grade students’ of SMA N 1 Bulus pesantren in pronouncing the academic years of 2015/2016). PBI-FKIP.
Fikriyah, A. (2019). An analysis of the students’ ability in pronouncing closing diphthong (A study on the students of international class program batch 2016 in IAIN Salatiga). IAIN SALATIGA.
Harmer, J. (2007). The practice of english language teaching. Harlow. England: Pearson Education.
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Ogden, R. (2017). Introduction to english phonetics. Edinburgh university press.
Prasetyo, D., Rudini, R., Prayogi, R., Rahmawati, I., & Putra, A. S. (2021). The effect of the covid 19 virus and online learning on english subjects in elementary schools. International Journal of Educational Research & Social Sciences, 2(3), 488–493.
Pusfarani, W., Mukhrizal, M., & Puspita, H. (2021). Students’ pronunciation errors in english silent letters. Journal of English Education and Teaching, 5(3), 453–467.
Rahayu, S. S. (2020). Students' difficulties in english speaking lesson at the twelfth grade of Sma n 1 Jatinom in The Academic Year of 2020/2021. IAIN Surakarta.
Rasaki, I. H., Ikhsan, M. K., & Pratiwi, A. (n.d.). Students' inconsistency problems in pronouncing diphthong sounds in reading aloud activity at english department of STKIP PGRI SUMATERA BARAT.
Rohmah, Z. (2013). Teaching english as a foreign language: a handbook for english department undergraduate students faculty of letters and humanities UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. IAIN Press.
Saadah, F., & Ardi, H. (2020). The analysis of students’ pronunciation error on english diphthong made by fifth semester of english language education program Universitas Negeri Padang. Journal of English Language Teaching, 9(1), 188–194.
Silalahi, R. M. P. (2017). Pronunciation problems of indonesian EFL learners: An error analysis. Journal of English Language and Culture, 6(2), 163-176.
Suryatiningsih, N. (2015). A study on the students’ ability in pronouncing diphthongs at STKIP PGRI Pasuruan. Jurnal Dimensi Pendidikan Dan Pembelajaran, 3(2), 1–4.
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