Arriving at English Pronunciation by Means of Arabic Consonant Sounds: A Case Study on EFL Students in Indonesian Context
Daftar Isi:
- This study aimed at identifying the influences of some Arabic consonant sounds in the way of how Indonesian EFL students pronounced English words. The investigated language consultants were students of English Department of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang. The data were taken when the consultants, some were with exposure to Arabic and some others were without knowledge of Arabic, were to read an English short story loaded with some targeted consonant sounds that occur in both Arabic and English. Afterwards, the data were transcribed and checked to find out whether the targeted phonemes were appropriately pronounced. As made clear under the data analysis, this current study has obtained an affirmative answer: Arabic consonant sounds do accommodate Indonesian EFL students to pronounce English words. The connection between the produced sounds and their exposure to English and Arabic phonemes were thoroughly further discussed. Finally, the issue of crosslinguistic influence as underlying factor was to be revealed further.