22 such as the sounds r, d or t, s, l, and n. Besides that, there are also five
assimilations or consonant sounds change, such as the sounds ɹ becomes r, θ
becomes t, ʃ becomes s, v becomes f, and z becomes dʒ. Those
pronunciation variations are influenced by the strong accent of Javanese by Mr. Joko Widodo as the speaker. Another findings of pronunciation variations of
consonants are the occurence of breathy voice in some voiced consonants like b, d, g, and d
ʒ. This breathy voice is considered as the unique characteristic of Javanese accent.
The pronunciation variations of vowel sounds are more complicated than consonant sounds, and they are unable to be classified separately, because of the
inconsistency of sound changes during the speech by Mr. Joko Widodo. One vowel sound could change into several sounds. It happened because some of
English words were pronounced by the similar pronunciations of Indonesian words.
B. Recommendations
This research might be beneficial for language learners, language teachers, and further researchers.
1. For Language Learners
First, the researcher would like to suggest for language learners care and pay more attention to the pronunciation variations of foreign languages which
might be a lot and unique, especially which come from the non-native speakers of
23 foreign languages or outside the Inner Circle countries of certain language.
Gaining more knowledge about pronunciation variations will help to have a communicative interaction with foreigners.
2. For Language Teachers or Lecturers
Second, the researcher would like to suggest language teachers of college level or university level lecturers, for example the lecturers of English Language
Education Study Program, to introduce pronunciation variations of foreign language to their students. For example, language teachers can play video
recordings or audio recordings of a certain foreign language during listening class or pronunciation class. Through this example of method, students will be trained
to recognize and understand the pronunciation variations of the foreign language they learn.It will be important and useful for the foreign language students to
understand more pronunciation variations from different countries or regions. The language teachers themselves also need to be more professional and able to
recognize a lot of pronunciation variations of foreign language they master.
3. For Future Researchers
Third, the researcher would like to suggest for future researchers to conduct research about pronunciation variations of one certain language which is
used in some wide regions. The pronunciation variations which are going to be analyzed will be better if those kinds of pronunciation variations with strong
