“Makam” Nasi: Language Interference of a Japanese Young Learner in Indonesia

Authors

  • Kadek Eva Krishna Adnyani Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
  • Ni Wayan Nilam Puspawati
  • Ni Komang Arie Suwastini Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23887/jpp.v54i3.41023

Keywords:

Indonesian, Japanese, language interference, young learner

Abstract

In acquiring the second language, children will use their first language knowledge as a base in their attempt of using a new language. This phenomenon is called language interference. This study aimed at identifying specific instances of language interference conducted by a bilingual child during her study in an international school. The subject was a 5-year-old Japanese child who was acquiring Indonesian as her second language. This study was a case study using descriptive qualitative research method. Data collection was done through observation, interview and note taking. Furthermore, the data in the form of utterances in Indonesian interfered by Japanese were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the most common type of language interference occurred was phonological interference (16 examples), followed by lexical error (4 words) and grammatical error (5 sentences). In short, in this case, Japanese phonological interference with Indonesian pronunciation occurred more frequently than lexical error and grammatical error.

Author Biography

Kadek Eva Krishna Adnyani, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Kadek Eva Krishna Adnyani  was born in Bangli, May 12, 1987. She is a lecturer at the Japanese Language Education Study Program, Department of Foreign Languages, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Ganesha University of Education. She completed her formal undergraduate education in the Department of Japanese Literature, Gadjah Mada University, in 2008 and her master's degree in Japanese Area Studies, the University of Indonesia, in 2011. She completed her doctorate in Linguistics at Udayana University in 2018. She is currently researching Japanese sociolinguistics, especially on language and gender. She can be reached at krishna.adnyani@undiksha.ac.id

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2021-11-17

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Adnyani, K. E. K., Puspawati, N. W. N., & Suwastini, N. K. A. (2021). “Makam” Nasi: Language Interference of a Japanese Young Learner in Indonesia. Jurnal Pendidikan Dan Pengajaran, 54(3), 548–563. https://doi.org/10.23887/jpp.v54i3.41023

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