Bahan Materi Pembelajaran English Phonology

Tambunsaribu, Gunawan (2023) Bahan Materi Pembelajaran English Phonology. [Teaching Resource]

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Abstract

Language provides many benefits for humans such as a means of communication, as a unifying tool for the nation, and as the identity of a nation. Language can show which country a person comes from. In today's era, many people already master more than one language. In addition to Indonesian and some regional languages, some Indonesian people have also mastered English and other foreign languages. Language is also used by humans in all life activities. In other words, language is the most essential thing in human life. Language can also replace events or activities that should be carried out by individuals or other groups to do their job. In terms of the speaker's point of view, language also has a personal function, which means that a language user expresses an attitude toward what he is saying. The speaker not only expresses emotion through the language but also shows some emotion when conveying his speech. A listener can also know whether the speaker is sad, angry, or happy when he speaks. Language also functions as a tool of communication and interaction in society. Communicating with other people is a daily human routine of a human. In communicating, of course, humans use language as a tool in conveying messages to other people. Language is formed by rules and patterns (structures) that cannot be avoided so as not to cause disruption to communication. Rules and patterns that are formed include the sound system, the order of words, and the sentence order. In order to have effective communication, the recipient and sender of the language must master the language they are using. This book is designed as a tool for English language learners to study specifically English language sounds. There are many subtopics that the students will find in this book in order to support them to master English sounds. First, the students will learn about the differences between first language, second language, and foreign language which aims to provide the students to get some knowledge about the culture of the native speaker of a language so that they can easily adapt to the culture to get along well with the people who use the foreign language, English. The next subtopic is about English phonetics and phonology. This topic will encourage the students to have the ability in learning the English language from the basic knowledge of English oral communication. This lesson will give the students deeper knowledge for analyzing language based on the human vocal tract. The students will gain knowledge in sound production. This will be their basic knowledge of how to pronounce English words fluently and naturally. The next subtopic is about speech production. This topic will also encourage the students to understand and gain knowledge about how human-being produces sounds by using their organ speech. The students then will practice their organ speech to have skills in English pronunciation. Then, the students will discover deeper about English vowels and consonants. This lesson will encourage the students to have the ability in producing English vowel and consonant sounds clearly and naturally. They will gain more skills in English pronunciation They will understand and master the types of English vowels, English consonants, consonant pairs, and minimal pairs. After getting used to listening to English vowels and consonants, the students will have the topic called “connected speech”. This topic course will help the students to master English sounds in oral communication. The students will get the ability in understanding and pronouncing English words. They will gain knowledge about how to connect the sound of a word to another word’s sound in a sentence which makes the sounds naturally come out of their mouth like an English native speaker.

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