Interlingual Errors in Indonesian EFL learners' Pronunciation: From Minimal Pairs to Speaking Ability

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31849/elsya.v4i2.9693
Keywords: Interlingual Errors, Minimal Pairs, Pronunciation, Speaking Ability, Consonants

Abstract

The majority of previous research observed phonemes produced individually to examine errors. As a result, based on the concept of minimum pairings, this study offered a novel way of assessing interlingual errors based on the concept of minimal pairings. This study examines the interlingual errors in consonant minimal pairs to see the correlation between the errors and the speaking ability that happened to high school students. There are several consonants which are being used such as /v/, /θ̠/, /ð̠/, /ʃ/, /t̠ʃ/, /ʤ/, /f/, /t/, /d/, /z/, and /s/ as indicators to find the interlingual errors. This study is descriptive qualitative research that examines the interlingual errors produced by high school students when utilizing English minimal pairs of consonants. All of the consonants acted as the test tool for the 19 selected students in the form of 10 minimal pairs. The research found that students did have difficulties when they were pronouncing the consonant minimal pairs such as /d/ & /ð/, /f/ & /v/, and /ʃ/ & /t̠ʃ/. Thus, the difficulties that occurred in the students’ pronunciation also generate speaking ability between students based on the interlingual errors. The findings showed that high school students mostly struggled with their pronunciation when uttering consonants that do not exist in the Indonesian language. In conclusion, interlingual errors play an important role as a method in teaching a foreign language to see the consonant errors happen in high school students when pronouncing the English language.

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Author Biographies

Frans Sayogie, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia

Frans Sayogie, he is currently working at English Literature Department as a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Adab and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. He finished his doctoral program in Language Education from State University of Jakarta in 2003. He also has a master degree at Cosntitutional Law from Universitas Indonesia.  Now, he focuses on researches in the field of psycholinguistics, translation studies, language and law, semantics, and discourse analysis. His first book was published in 2008 entitled “Penerjemahan Bahasa Inggris ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia” published by Lembaga Penelitian Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. His second book entitled “Perlindungan Negara terhadap Hak Kebebasan Beragama dalam Islam dan Hak Asasi Manusia Universal published by TransPustaka in 2013

Muhammad Fadhli Adbaka, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia

Muhammad Fadhli Adbaka was born in Jakarta, and currently he lives in Bogor. He obtained his bachelor degree of English Language & Literature from UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. During his time there, he majored in linguistics and minored in literature and because of his interest in linguistics, especially in phonetics and phonology. He chose the linguistics topics (phonetics & phonology) to become his guideline when conducted a research about minimal pairs and its effect on pronunciation towards the subject who was tested. As of now, he is set to be a master degree student, majored in sociolinguistics in University of Indonesia.

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Sayogie, F., & Adbaka, M. F. (2022). Interlingual Errors in Indonesian EFL learners’ Pronunciation: From Minimal Pairs to Speaking Ability: . Elsya : Journal of English Language Studies, 4(2), 131-146. https://doi.org/10.31849/elsya.v4i2.9693
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