JET (Journal of English Teaching)
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2024): Journal of English Teaching

The Influence of the Mother Tongue on English Pronunciation: A Case Study on Indonesian EFL Learners

Listyani (Unknown)
Kurniawan, Ardiyarso (Unknown)
Thren, Andrew T. (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Feb 2024

Abstract

Pronunciation is an area of language, which is easy to recognize and see. When a language learner makes an error in pronunciation, other people can identify the error easily. Mispronunciations are common errors that happen to English language learners in the Expanding Circle, in which English is a foreign language, like Indonesia. This paper deals with mispronunciations made by Indonesian language learners. The respondents were 14 students of a writing class in an English Language Education Program at a private university in Indonesia. They took the course during the pandemic era. The classes were therefore done online, and each virtual class was recorded. These students were video-recorded when reading certain parts of texts in the course. The findings showed that the 14 students made some mispronunciations due to several reasons like habits of pronouncing words in Indonesian and a lack of knowledge of the ideal notion of native speakers' pronunciation. It is hoped that this paper can be useful for EFL teachers teaching pronunciation as well as for students who are still struggling with their pronunciation in their efforts to gain native-like proficiency.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jet

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Teaching (JET) is a professional, double blind peer-reviewed international journal devoted to promoting dissemination of scholarly knowledge and exchange of academic research and professional findings on all aspects of second or foreign language (L2) learning and teaching. Due ...