Student of English Education Department as a teacher candidate have to be good in
producing English sounds, because they will be a teacher in the future which is students will
imitate what they are saying. But, in reality mispronunciation is still frequently found in
students of English Education Department, moreover to the Advanced English education
students.
This research was using descriptive quanitative approach. And the objects of this
research were to know advanced English education students’ ability in pronouncing English
final consonant clusters and what are the factors influences. The researcher used random
sampling that took 30 students from 150 population of seventh semester students of English
Education in UIN Antasari Banjarmasin. The instrument in this research made by using
pronunciation test and interview.
The result showed that there were 44 pronunciation errors from 50 final consonant clusters
that has been tested. Furthermore, many Advanced English Education students are unable to
pronounce particular final consonant clusters. they tend to make error when they pronounce
words containing particular clusters, such as /nd/, /mp/, /rst/, and /kst/ final consonant
clusters. Based on the findings and discussion, it can be concluded that many of Advanced
English Education students are still unable to pronounce English final consonant clusters
correctly. They tend to get rid one sound at the end of the word because of interlingual factor,
their friendship circle and their efforts in exploring the target language.