Incorporating Hijaiyah Sounds in English Pronunciation Class: Students’ Perception

Rosalin Ismayoeng Gusdian; Riski Lestiono

doi:10.21070/jees.v5i1.380

(1) * Rosalin Ismayoeng Gusdian English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
Indonesia
(2) Riski Lestiono English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21070/jees.v5i1.380

Abstract

Indonesian students still find it perplexing to acquire English pronunciation as both Bahasa as their mother tongue and English do not share equivalent phonological and phonetic systems. Meanwhile, Arabic (in this case is their Hijaiyah sounds) is proven to share some phonological resemblance to some English sounds. Therefore, it is the aim of the study to investigate the student perception of the implementation of Hjaiyah sounds in their English pronunciation class. The study employed a descriptive research design as the approach. The participants of the study were 36 students of the English Study Program in the academic year of 2019/2020. These participants were third-semester students undertaking their Intermediate Speaking class. Questionnaire and interview guide were utilized as data instruments. In collecting the data, some procedures including distributing the questionnaire and conducting the interview were carried out. In data analysis, the data from the survey were transformed into a percentage to obtain a more general image of the data description. The data from the interview were also transcribed. Finally, the findings were examined and discussed using both narrative and numerical description. As a result, this study has confirmed that the implementation of Hijaiyah sounds in teaching English pronunciation is perceived positively by the students.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Indonesian students still find it perplexing to acquire English pronunciation as both Bahasa as their mother tongue and English do not share equivalent phonological and phonetic systems.
Arabic (in this case is students' Hijaiyah sounds) is proven to share some phonological resemblance to some English sounds.

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Author Biographies

Rosalin Ismayoeng Gusdian, English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang

Rosalin Ismayoeng Gusdian, M.A., earned her Bachelor degree in English at State University of Malang in 2012. In the following year, she pursued her Master’s degree in Linguistics at Newcastle University, United Kingdom. Currently, she is teaching Linguistics at the English Language Education Department, University of Muhammadiyah Malang. She has been investigating phonological phenomena of Hijaiyah as the media to teach English pronunciation.

Riski Lestiono, English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang

Riski Lestiono, M.A. is a lecturer in English Language Education Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Muhammadiyah Malang. He earned his specialization in linguistics from Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, with major research interest in applied linguistics in translation studies, sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and language change. The writer has published some books: Bilingual Nusantara Folklores, Guideline for Intercultural Instruction, and Culture and Tourism Potential of Malang, as well as edited a number of books: Shining English, Little Sunshine Bilingual Book, and a long-list of ESP books. He has been doing researches on arriving at English pronunciation by means of hijaiyah sounds as the bridge these past four years, authoring articles as the outputs.

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