Language Learner Language: A case of
Seventh Semester Students of the English Department, Faculty of Education,
Y. M. Harsono
This
paper describes the language of the language learners – language learner
language – especially the pronunciation of the seventh semester students of the
English department, Faculty of Education, Atma Jaya Catholic University Jakarta. It discusses four major
sub-topics which include the definition of interlanguage,
the factors affecting interlanguage, some research
findings on interlanguage, the result of observation,
and the conclusion and suggestion. On the basis of the theoretical background
and the result of the observation, it is concluded that: (1) the inaccurate
pronunciation of the English of the learners is a natural one from the point of
view of SLA, (2) L2 learning differs from first language acquisition in that it
is seldom successful, (3) the incorrect pronunciation of the learners should
not be considered as something that is not allowed to occur but should be
realized as something natural, and (4) the pronunciation specific of the
learners is mostly as a result of overgeneralization of the kind of rules of
pronouncing the words
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Harsono, Y. M. (2003). Language
learner language: A case of seventh semester students of the English
department, faculty of education, atma jaya catholic university
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