The Capability in Pronouncing the English Final Consonant Clusters by the English Department Students, Faculty of Humanities, Udayana University

This study attempts to describe the ability of English Department students, Faculty Humanities, Udayana University in pronouncing final consonant clusters. Consonant clusters are groups consonants that can occur initia lly (onset) and finally (coda) syllable structure. The features each language highly dependent on itself. In English, number at beginning a be up three such as: structure /strʌktʃə/, spring /sprIŋ/, while forms cluster coda four as sixths /siksθs/, texts /teksθs/. While, Indonesian Balinese mother tongue students very limited only exist initially words. difference, obviously, creates problems for words containing these knowledge sound system is taught phonetic phonemic course fifth semester Department, University. examined pronounce by second who have not taken Phonetic Phonemic courses compared with student s course, so it seen what extent change students’ performance research descriptive qualitative research, supported quantitative data. population was 20 sixth randomly taken. instrument list questionnaires. data collection technique done through recording, were analyzed qualitatively presented formally informally.