English Journal Literacy Utama
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): English Journal Literacy UTama

NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS’ AWARENESS OF ASSIMILATION IMPLEMENTATION IN THEIR PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

Reski Ramadhani (Institut Teknologi Garut)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Mar 2022

Abstract

This study is intended to discuss the phenomenon occurring in phonological regulation, mainly assimilation. The study attempts to analyze the manners and types of assimilation that occur in non-native English speakers? pronunciation practice and to know the awareness of the students in the implementation of assimilation. This is a case study that employed a qualitative method with a descriptive approach through interviews and observation. The participant of this study is nine students of the non-English study of Garut Technology of the institute. The participants are chosen by using the purposive sampling technique. In the process of collecting data, students are given the transcript of speeches to be pronounced and the words and phrases are classified based on the manners and types of assimilation. The study reveals that the manners and types of assimilation mostly appearing in speakers? pronunciation practice are coalescent assimilation and the rest are progressive, regressive, and full assimilations. It shows that most students of the non-English study of Garut Technology of Institute have not fully been aware of the implementation of assimilation in their pronunciation practice. The implication of this study is to explore the importance of assimilation to help student lighten their English pronunciation when they speak at a rapid speed.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ejlutama

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Subject

Humanities Education Other

Description

Study Program of English Language, Faculty of Languages, Universitas Widyatama, Indonesia. English Journal Literacy UTama (EJL-UTama) is published twice a year form October to March and from April to September. The scopes of this journal include, though not limited to the following topics, class ...