Japanese Language Pronunciation Teaching Strategy

Abstract

Indonesian learners of Japanese face several problems in acquiring Japanese language. The chances for Indonesians to come and live in Japan as technical intern trainee, specific skill visa worker, caregiver, and other internship are increasing and they need to communicate with the Japanese. Due to the interference from the Indonesian language, some consonants and prosodic features are realized incorrectly resulting communication hindrances. Not only problems with learners related to pronunciation learning, but also there are problems with teachers related to pronunciation instruction. Najoan and Sukegawa published a book on Japanese phonetics titled “Fonetik Bahasa Jepang” in 2023. At this opportunity, the authors are planning to point out typical pronunciation errors and present correction and training techniques.