AN ANALYSIS OF THAILAND ACCENTED ENGLISH BASED ON AIESEC

THE GLOBAL VOLUNTEER STUDENT EXCHANGE PARTICIPANTS

PERSPECTIVES

THESIS

By:

Chyntia Yolandari

201710100311012

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2021

AN ANALYSIS OF THAILAND ACCENTED ENGLISH BASED ON AIESEC

THE GLOBAL VOLUNTEER STUDENT EXCHANGE PARTICIPANTS

PERSPECTIVES

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

Chyntia Yolandari

201710100311012

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2021

APPROVAL

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Alhamdulillahi Robbil ‘Alamin, All praises to be Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala for

giving me health, guidance, and patience to complete this research successfully. The

researcher is greatly indebted to the first advisor, Bayu Hendro Wicaksono, M.Ed.,

Ph.D who has patiently helped, taught, managed and advisor in writing this thesis.

Also greatly indebted to the second advisor, Kharisma Naidi Warnanda S., M.Pd who

spends the time on guiding and revising the researcher in completing this thesis.

Furthermore, the researcher wants to send the grateful thanks and deep

appreciation to the beloved parent for educating and preparing for my future. I am

extremely thanks to all my best friends for support and enthusiasm while the researcher

is working on the thesis. And then for Fast Track mates who always supporting each

other through ups and downs. Last but not least, I wanna thank me, I wanna thank me

for believing in me, I wanna thank me for doing all this hard work, I wanna thank me

for having no days off, I wanna thank me for never quitting, for just being me all times.

TABEL OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL ...................................................................................................................... i

AUTHOR’S DECLARATION OF ORIFINALITY ................................................................... ii

ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENT .................................................................................................... iv

TABEL OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................... v

LIST OF TABLE .............................................................................................................. vii

LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER I ...................................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1

1.1 Research Background .......................................................................................... 1

1.2 Research Problems .............................................................................................. 3

1.3 Research Objectives ............................................................................................ 4

1.4 Scope and Limitation ........................................................................................... 4

1.5 Research Significance .......................................................................................... 5

1.6 Definitions of Key Terms ..................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER II ..................................................................................................................... 8

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ................................................................................ 8

2.1 Sociolinguistic ...................................................................................................... 8

2.2 Accent ................................................................................................................ 10

2.2.1 Pronunciation ............................................................................................. 11

2.3 AIESEC ................................................................................................................ 12

2.3.1 The Global Volunteer Program .................................................................. 12

2.4 Student Exchange Participant of global volunteer ........................................... 13

2.5 Perspective ........................................................................................................ 14

2.5.1 factor that Influenced Perception .............................................................. 15

CHAPTER III .................................................................................................................. 17

RESEARCH METHOD .................................................................................................... 17

3.1 Research design ................................................................................................ 17

3.2 Research Participants ........................................................................................ 18

3.3 Research instrument ......................................................................................... 18

3.4 Data Collection procedure ................................................................................ 19

3.5 Data Analysis ..................................................................................................... 20

Table 2. Research Methodology ............................................................................. 20

CHAPTER IV ................................................................................................................. 22

FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ...................................................................................... 22

4.1 Findings ............................................................................................................. 22

4.1.1 The Students Exchange Participant’s Perspectives about Thailand-English Accents ................................................................................................................ 23

4.1.2 Student Exchange Participants’ Perspective to overcome the Obstacle in Thailand-English Accents..................................................................................... 32

4.2 Discussions ........................................................................................................ 34

CHAPTER V .................................................................................................................. 38

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS .............................................................................. 38

5.1 Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 38

5.2 Suggestions ....................................................................................................... 39

REFERENCE .................................................................................................................. 41

APPENDIX .................................................................................................................... 46

LIST OF TABLE

Table 1. Research Methodology…………………………………………………….20

Table 2. Table Coding ................................................................................................ 22

LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Interview Guide ..................................................................................... 46

Appendix 2. Interview Script ..................................................................................... 47

Appendix 3. Questionnaire ......................................................................................... 52

Appendix 4. Consent Form ........................................................................................ 57

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