The Varieties Of English Pronunciation Used By The International Visitors As Non Native English Speakers At Saung Angklung Udjo
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- This report showed some variations in the International visitors’ speeches that caused difficulties when the writer did her internship. Each visitor had a different way to produce a sound while speaking in English. The writer discovered that some of the visitors replaced vowels, replaced consonants, and added a vowel to a word. Their first language often influenced the way they spoke. The phonetics from their first language may be the factor in how they pronounced English phonetics. Some visitors produced a different sound when pronouncing the words because some English phonetics do not exist in their first language. Next, pronunciation might be essential for effective communication. In order to convey information, both parties must be able to understand each other. The writer might misunderstood what the visitors said because of their unclear pronunciation. In handling that situation, the writer used the repetition method, and asked them to speak slower. Even though the music performance in her internship place was loud, and it was an obstacle for the writer while having a conversation, the writer used her active listening skill to help her understand what the visitor wanted.