3
offer
a
discount and
this
word
of
"discount" has
a
verb
form. So,
stress pattern is
the
identity
of
the
word.
If
we
put
stress
incorrectly, it
will
cause
misunderstanding,
especially
to
native
English
speakers.
Kenworthy
(1987:18)
reports
that
"native
speakers
rely
very
much
on
the
stress
pattern
of
word
when
they
are
listening".
In
English,
the
rule
of
word
stress
is
not
consistent.
Normally,
noun
is
stressed
on
the
first
syllable,
and
verb
is
on
the
second
syllable.
However,
there
are
certain
words
that
do
not
follow
this
rule. It
is
not
like
other
languages
which
has
fix
placement
of stress.
From
here,
both
pronunciation
and
word
stress
take
part
in
spoken
English.
By
looking
at
this
problem, the
writer
becomes
interested
to
analyze whether
6th
semester
students
of
Bina
Nusantara
University
can
produce
correct
pronunciation
and
put
correct
stress
on
noun-verb
word
pairs
or
not.
The
writer
sometimes
finds
out
that
many
English
learners
pronounce
and
put
stress
incorrectly
without
being
aware.
The
writer
hopes
that
English
learners
will
pay
more
attention
to
the
pronunciation
and
word
stress
because
they
are the
main
basic
in
speaking.
1.2
Problem
of
Formulation
1. What
are
the
percentage of
correct
pronunciation
&
word
stress
in
two-sy Hable
word pairs
of
noun
and
verb
shown by
6¹
semester
English
Department
students?
2. What
are
the
mistakes
done
by the
students
in pronunciation &
word
stress?
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