The Influence of L1 Phonological and Orthographic System in L2 Pronunciation: a Study of Brebes Javanese Learners of English

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10.2991/prasasti-19.2019.39How to use a DOI?

Keywords

phonological system; orthographic system; L2 spelling; Brebes Javanese dialect

Abstract

The First Language (L1) interference is one of the influential factors that may cause acquisition problems of Second Language (L2) learners. This study was conducted considering L1 may influence L2 spelling acquisition. It was aimed to investigate the influence of Brebes Javanese phonological and orthographic system towards students’ spelling of English words. The research questions were (1) how do Brebes Javanese L1 learners of English spell English words which contain phonemes that do not exist in Brebes Javanese dialect? And (2) what are the spelling errors of Brebes Javanese L1 learners of English when spelling English words containing non-existent phonemes in Brebes Javanese dialect? The subjects were 12 students of grade 12 in SMA N 1 Brebes, Central Java, Indonesia. Moreover, the data were gathered from the students’ spelling in reading aloud an English text twice and some isolated words once, while other supporting data were collected through questionnaires, recordings, observations, and interviews. The main result revealed that the students tend to misspell the English words which contain non-existent phoneme, and they replace with similar sounds in their L1. In addition, majority of students misspelled the sounds: /v/ to /f/; /I/ to /i/; /æ/ to /e/; /dƷ/ to /k/, /d/, /t/, /g/; /ǝ/ to /ʌ/; /tʃ/ to /t/; /Ʒ/ to /ʃ/.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rahmatika Dewi
AU  - Pratiwi Tri Utami
AU  - Nurul Hasanah
PY  - 2019/08
DA  - 2019/08
TI  - The Influence of L1 Phonological and Orthographic System in L2 Pronunciation: a Study of Brebes Javanese Learners of English
BT  - Proceedings of the Fifth Prasasti International Seminar on Linguistics (PRASASTI 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 221
EP  - 229
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/prasasti-19.2019.39
DO  - 10.2991/prasasti-19.2019.39
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