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Unesa.ac.id, SURABAYA-The Faculty of Languages and Arts UNESA held the International Conference on Language and Culture (ICLC) on Saturday, (10/23/21). This conference raised the theme “Strengthening Language, Literature, and Art in the Digital Era” by presenting four speakers.
The four speakers in question, namely, 1) Clive David Hilton, BA (Hons), MA (RCA) SFHEA Department of Industrial Design, United Kingdom who brought material about design. 2) Marcus Schobel who is a Lecturer in the German Literature Study Program UNPAD who explained material about language. 3) Dr. Ali Mustofa, S.S., M.Pd., UNESA Lecturer who explains about literature. And, 4) Dr. Felicia Nuradi, Indonesian Language Expert who also brought material on language.
Marcus Schobel explained that many Indonesian students majoring in German are struggling to speak German. “During the learning process, the language remained strange, especially the spoken form. When speaking, students look at the written text on a book or screen for orientation and footing. Without it, a lot is lost," he said.
There is a reason that German is considered strange among Indonesian students, namely because of German orthography and phonology as well as its dialect. German orthography is strictly regulated, as is phonology. The dialect of German people when speaking is different. So what can be done to make it easier to be able to speak German is by doing activities like this.
First, a course by learning to speak to native German speakers. This is done to find out the dialect or everyday language of the German people. As well as from Netzwerk course books in which there is vocabulary and grammar. "This is done to increase the autonomy of learners in German and get used to a good language," he explained.
Second, understand and apply phonological concepts without changing the tongue with the concept of phonetics plus phonology. From German which is fun to talk to then imitating it over time and the grammar used.
Third, provide counseling on language learning strategies by showing students useful techniques from an early age. "Create the right vocabulary and use it in conversation and don't be too afraid of grammatical mistakes," he said.
In addition, it encourages students to develop a love for the German language by turning strangeness into familiarity. A German teacher as a foreign language teacher also needs to find the right strategy to teach students or students, most importantly how to increase love for the language being studied. (Madina/zam*)
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