The general purpose of this study was to examine the spelling of five phonemes
that are similar in Acehnese and Indonesian but represented by different graphemes in
the two languages. This study aimed to see whether the exposure to the spoken Acehnese
the participants? received helps or hinders their spelling in the Acehnese words. The
Indonesian language is the national language of Indonesia while the Acehnese language
is a regional language spoken by the people in a province named Aceh which is located
in the northwestern tip of Sumatra Island, Indonesia. In Aceh, the majority of the
population is bilingual in Indonesian and Acehnese. In the school system, Indonesian is
taught as the first language. Acehnese is taught as a second language in elementary and
junior high schools. Meanwhile, some children in Aceh speak Acehnese at home while
other children speak Indonesian at home. Therefore, this study hypothesized that the
children who speak Acehnese at home spell better in Acehnese compared to the children
who do not speak Indonesian at home. To test the hypothesis, this study analyzed the 50
Acehnese words that include five targeted Acehnese graphemes. The participants of this
study were students in grade 4 who were enrolled in four elementary schools in Aceh, Indonesia. The results of this study indicate that the exposure to spoken Acehnese
interferes with the participants? spellings in Acehnese words. On the other hand,
exposure to the written Acehnese the students received in school influenced the students
to spell better in Acehnese.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-05-530 |
| Date | 2009 May 1900 |
| Creators | Yulia, Astri |
| Contributors | Joshi, R M. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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