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SYAVIRA A. ALATAS
NOVALIA UTARI
SITI ISTIQOMAH

WORD
STRESS
In Indonesian, Stress is
not important enough
Every syllable has a
relatively
the
same
degree
The
place
of stress
depends on the meaning
The stress can be put
anywhere
without
changing the meaning

In English, Stress is
Phonemic
Each word has its
own stress pattern
Stress
plays
an
important
role,
a
wrong placement of
stress may change
the part of speech of
that word

WHY DOES ERROR HAPPEN ?

The Indonesian learners English sounds monotonous to
English speakers and is often difficult to understand.
Indonesian learners put the stress in the wrong syllable.

SENTENCE STRESS
Both in English and Indonesian, the
placement of Stress in the sentence
shifts from one word to another.
The greatest stress is usually placed
at the word which the speaker thinks
is the most important

SENTENCE
STRESS
Example:
Adi membeli novel.
(yang membeli novel
Adi, bukan orang lain)
Adi membeli novel.
(Adi membeli novel,
bukan membaca)
Adi membeli novel.
(yang dibeli Adi novel
bukan buku lain)

Adi buys novel.

(Adi buys novel, not
other man)
Adi buys novel.
(Adi buys novel, not
reading novel)
Adi buys novel.
(Adi buys novel, not
other book)

RHYTHM
Indonesians learning English
tend to stress every English
syllable or word used
Indonesians tend to stress
every
syllable
in
an
utterance
In Indonesian, every syllable
has more or less the same
degree of stress
Indonesian is characterized
by the syllable-timed rhythm

English speakers tend

to
swallow
many
syllable, stressing only
the
one that they
consider relevant
English speaker only
make
the
stressed
syllable prominent
English is characterized
by the stressed-timed
rhythm

 Both Indonesian and English given

the same amount of timed and
loudness.
Both Indonesian and English bear
some significant effects to their
sentence.

WHY DOES ERROR HAPPEN ?

The Indonesian learners give the syllables that

are normally slurred over the same degree of
stress as those which are normally stress.
L1 interfere L2

INTONATION
Basic
patterns:

intonation
Basic intonation patterns:

rise fall - implying

certainty (Ex:
Bandung)
rise - showing doubt
(Ex: Bandung)
rise fall - unfinished
speech (Ex: Dia mau
ke Jakarta, Bandung,
dan Semarang.)

falling - answering a question(Ex:

Sydney)
rising - asking confirmation (Ex:
Sydney)
sustained - showing that something
else will follow (Ex: Sydney)
fall rise - showing doubt (Ex:
Sydney)
rise fall - implying certainty (Ex:
Sydney )

 Question
intonation
(usually used negative
word)
falling - asking
confirmation (Ex: Anda
sudah tahu belum?)
rising - showing
impatience (Ex: Anda
sudah tahu belum?)

Tag
rising question
- showing (always
use
falling type) (Ex: Dia
disappointment
mau datang
tidak?) (Ex:
falling
confirmation
Dia
tidak
melihatmu
kan?)

Question intonation:
rising - yes / no type
(Ex: Is he married?)
Tag question
falling confirmation
(Ex: He did not see you,
did he?)
rising - true question
(Ex: He did not see you,
Continuing
did he?

INTONATION
PATTERN