The English Pronunciation of EFL Learners with Different Javanese Language Backgrounds

Suwartono, Suwartono and Sari, Mezia Kemala (2020) The English Pronunciation of EFL Learners with Different Javanese Language Backgrounds. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology.

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Abstract

This research involved forty-eight university students majoring in English Language Teaching. Viewed from their language background, they comprised two groups, namely (1) Javanese students with Indonesian as their mother tongue or first language (L1), while Javanese as a second language (L2) and (2) Javanese students with Javanese as their mother tongue, while Indonesian as a second language. The aim of this survey study was to compare which group pronounced the English sounds better. This study was also meant to examine the problematic sounds of English for both groups. The data was collected through interview and pronunciation test. The interview was conducted to identify the respondents’ language background. Data from the test was analyzed using the inferential statistical tool T-Test and descriptive statistics. The main findings of this research were as follows: (1) despite the fact that students with Javanese as L2 achieved a greater average score, there was no statistically significant difference in pronunciation performance between the two groups being compared; (2) sounds /v/, /θ/, /ʒ/, /ə:/, /ɔ:/, /æ/, /eɪ/, /eə/, /i:/, and /aʊ/ respectively constituted top ten most problematic English sounds among the Javanese students learning English.

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