“pig” [p ɪg]-fat short- legged animal with pink, black, or brown skin, kept on
farms for its meat and “pick” [p ɪk]- choose something from a group of people or
things,
“ca b”[kæb]
- place where the driver sits in a bus, train or lorry and “cap”[kæp]-
soft flat hat with a peak.
2.3.1.3 Two Languages have Similar Sounds which Differ Only Slightly in Their
Phonetic Features
Another difficulty may be caused by similar sound in the two languages which differ only slightly in their phonetic features. The following instances can
be presented to illustrate it: In the following English words the italicized letters represent sounds in English
with slight phonetic differences from their Indonesian counterparts: no [n ǝʊ],
may [me ɪ], bad [bæd], tie [taɪ], now [naʊ], she [ʃi:], chain [tʃeɪn], Jane [dӡeɪn],
very [veri], hard [ha:d], etc. In Indonesian usually apply one letter- one sound, although there is a letter that has two sounds, in this case letter ‘e’. It can be
written [e] and [ ẻ]. Whereas in English, there is a possibility at one letter has
some specific sounds, for example letter ‘a’. This letter has some specific sound, they are:
[e ɪ] in the word “pain”[peɪn]
[æ] in the word “bad” [bæd] [a:] in the word “task” [ta:sk],
[ ǝ] in the word “breakfast” [brekfǝst]
2.3.1.4 A Cluster of Sounds in Some English Words
Sounds that have the same qualities in both languages may constitute some learning problem if they occur in a cluster or sequence of sounds. The sounds s
and p, for instance, are familiar in both Indonesian and English. However, in the latter the two sounds may occur consecutively or in an order one following the
other, whereas in the former no such a sequence is found. It is no wonder that Indonesian students will have difficulty in pronouncing a cluster of sounds such
as found in the following English words: speak, spring, stand, street, sky, scream, twelfths, worlds, etc. In Indonesian usually occur in a certain word composes by
vowel-consonant or in contrary consecutively, for example they want to say “sheet [
ʃi:t]”- piece of thin fabric used on a bed to lie on or under, in Indonesian word we call this one with “seprai”. From the brief explanation above, we can
see that the Indonesians usually tend to use the vowel sound after the consonant or in contrary. Another example can be seen in the word “school”[sku:l]- place
where children go to be educated or where people go to learn a particular skill. In Indonesian, we call this one with “sekolah”.
Once again, consonant-vowel sequence appears in this case.
2.3.2 Slip of the Tongue
