Contrasting Indonesian & English Diphthongs

CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS

& ERROR ANALYSIS

(C L E A)

Group D

Ahmi Sri Sundari(201012500155)

Supriyatno(2010125000

87)

Ikhlas Sukma(20101250012

7)

Contrasting and analyzingIndonesian and English Phonological

Systems:Diphthongs

Lecturer: YB. Unggul Djatmika, S. Pd

Introduction

English Sounds

Vowels

short long diphthongs

Consonants

Vowels

Monophthongs Diphthongs Triphthongs

Definition of Diphthongs

A sound formed by the combination of two vowels

in a single syllable.

Indonesian Diphthongs• It is pronounced like in the word

“bay” or “nine”• e.g: pandai, kirai, ramai, tupai.ai• It is pronounced like in the word

“how”• e.g : kau, bangau, danauau• It is pronounced like the word

“boy”• e.g: amboi, sepoi.oi

Indonesian Diphthongs“ai” becomes “e”

Indonesian Diphthongs “au” becomes “o”

English DiphthongsVowels Diphtong

s

The Similiarities of L1 and L2

L1 and L2 have the same way in applying the diphthongs in pronunciation.

The 3 diphthongs of L1 is similiar to the ones which belong to L2.

The Differences of L1 and L2Indonesian Diphthongs

English Diphthongs

There are 8 Diphthongs

There are Centring and Ending Diphthongs

It could be produced by two separated vowels, or even only one vowel

How the speech organs produce the sound of diphthongs

There are 3 Diphthongs

The diphthongs are clearly spoken like the written letters

The two vowels must be altogether

How the speech organs produce the sound of diphthongs

The Causes of Error Indonesian learners

pronounce the diphthongs only by reading the letters, not the phonetic symbols.

Influenced by the L1. Error in moving the

tongue.

SummaryThe Indonesian diphthongs strongly influence

the proccess of learning English diphthongs.

Learning English diphthongs is difficult and learners usually make some errors.

Learning diphthongs needs a motor skill which has to be practised in order to obtain a good result.

PracticeMay I go to the restroom please?May I know where you want to go?My older sister is taking a course to learn to make a

cake.I am not able to lift that heavy table. I don’t know how to make you come back now.Aku dan kau suka dancow.Sorry for my late reply.Can you please replay the song?Don’t go away my baby! Don’t leave me home alone

again!Come here! Don’t fear that I will hear you.Don’t do anything unless you hear “Simon Says”.David doesn’t want to take a train to his new workplace.

Thank You

“Contrasting Indonesian & English Diphthongs”

(this presentation is an excerpt of week # 6 of “Contrastive Linguistics & Error Analysis”, an internal publication of Unindra)