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This study aims to describe Korean YouTubers' Indonesian pronunciation skills and the results are expected to be used
as learning materials for the Indonesian Language Program for Foreign Speakers (BIPA). Data were in the forms of the
transcriptions of YouTuber’s speech taken from the YouTube channels of Yuna Nuna, Sanghoya Oppa, and Bandung
Oppa. This study used a descriptive qualitative method with a phonetic theoretical approach. Data were collected using
note-taking and listening techniques. This study used the International Phonetic Alphabet application as the main
reference in determining the phonetic symbols of speech. The results of this study indicated that the three YouTubers
often pronounced labial sounds of [w]. Besides, the pronunciation of Yuna Nuna and Sanghoya Oppa tended to be in
accordance with the rules of language sounds. Meanwhile, Bandung Oppa added a lot of aspirated sounds of [ h] to the
phonemes /b/, /p/, /s/, /k/, /j/, /g/, and /t/. The results of the Indonesian pronunciation analysis of Bandung Oppa’s channel
showed that he added too many aspirated sounds of [h]. Therefore, the channels that can be used as BIPA learning
materials due to the lack of pronunciation errors are Yuna Nuna and Sanghoya Oppa's YouTube channels.
The Ministry of Education and Culture also gives the Education and Culture No. 46962/MPK.A/HK/2020
same response to increasing the existence of Indonesian concerning Online Learning and Working from Home in
with a target to encourage Indonesian to become the the Context of Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in
official language of the United Nations (UN) in 2045. Higher Education. This policy has had the most impact
This target is a form of the government's efforts to realize on the education sector. The Covid-19 pandemic requires
the mandate of Law No. 24 of 2009 article 44 paragraph regular daily activity, such as studying and working to be
(1) which states, "Pemerintah meningkatkan fungsi done in a virtual or online space, including BIPA
bahasa Indonesia menjadi bahasa Internasional secara learning. Massive movement of activities from offline to
bertahap, sistematis, dan berkelanjutan (The online forces every community to be able to optimally
government will improve the function of Indonesian to utilize digital platforms for learning. One of the digital
become an international language gradually, platforms that experienced a significant increase during
systematically, and sustainably)" (Artyana, 2019; the Covid-19 pandemic was YouTube. Hootsuite (2021)
Ma’rufah & Arsanti, 2021). The government has tried to reports that Indonesian people spend 8 hours 52 minutes
realize Indonesian as an international language in stages per day using the internet and YouTube is the most
considering that when Indonesian is decided to become widely used social media platform used by Indonesians
an international language. with a percentage of 93.8%. The number of YouTube
users in Indonesia has reached 107 million with 42%
The internationalization of the Indonesian language is
users aged over 18 years.
also regulated in Government Regulation No. 57 of 2014,
especially Article 1 which states, “Pengembangan Technological advances have to be responded to
bahasa adalah upaya memodernkan bahasa melalui positively and to be utilized optimally. YouTube is one
pemerkayaan kosakata, pemantapan dan pembakuan of the largest media-sharing sites in the world due to its
sistem bahasa, pengembangan laras bahasa, serta ease of use and accessibility (Ozsoy-Unubol & Alanbay-
mengupayakan peningkatan fungsi bahasa Indonesia Yagci, 2021; Pires et al., 2019; Szmuda, Özdemir,
sebagai bahasa internasional (Language development is Fedorow, Ali & Słoniewski, 2021). Balakrishnan and
an effort to modernize the language through vocabulary Griffiths (2017) mention that YouTube is the most
enrichment, stabilization and standardization of the famous video hosting service in the social media domain.
language system, development of language varieties, and YouTube is not only used for entertainment purposes, but
efforts to improve the function of Indonesian as an in recent years, it has developed into a platform for
international language)” (Artyana, 2019, p. 23). education. Moghavvemi, Sulaiman, Jaafar and Kasem
Recently, the Central Government (Ministry of (2018) explain that videos related to education,
Education, Culture, Research and Technology) together entertainment, marketing, and science are continuously
with the Agency for Language Development and uploaded to YouTube. Lee and Chau (2017) state that
Cultivation launched an Independent Learning program. digital social media have provided many opportunities
The Minister of Education, Culture, Research and for ordinary people to engage in various social activities
Technology, Makarim, through a virtual conference of because social media are easy to access. Many studies
the 17th episode of Merdeka Belajar explained that one related to acoustic phonetics have been done, for
of the new breakthroughs in the Merdeka Belajar example, Aulia and Rosalina (2022), Idris, Sudana, and
program was to present three priority programs covering Rahmawati (2021), and Wiratsih (2019). First, a study by
(l) linguistic and literary literacy, (2) language protection, Aulia and Rosalina (2022) showed that the YouTubers
and (3) internationalization of Indonesian language (in tended to have the same pronunciation when pronouncing
Oudri & Romanti, 2022). Indonesian words. However, they tended to pronounce
the phoneme /ə/ into /ŭ/ (Korean phoneme, romanization
Teaching BIPA becomes the key gateway to the
is 'eu'). Second, a study by Idris et al. (2021) showed that
internationalization of the Indonesian language. BIPA
in terms of pronunciation, pop singers add aspirated
teaching covers four language skills (listening, speaking,
sounds in the form of [h] on the phonemes /c/, /t/, and /d/
reading, and writing) plus cultural aspects (Artyana,
and pronounce the sound /t/ into [ch] and [th]. Meanwhile,
2019). However, the idea to make Indonesian an
the pronunciation of dangdut singers tends to be more in
international language through BIPA learning in various
accordance with the sound rules of the language. Third, a
countries is hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. This
study by Wiratsih (2019) showed that BIPA students
pandemic was started in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
from China experienced some pronunciation difficulties
(Zhou et al., 2020). The World Health Organization
in five groups of consonants, namely {/b/ /d/ /g/}, {/-p/ /-
(WHO) officially declared this disease a pandemic called
t/ /-k/}, {/-η-/ / -l/}, {/r/}, and {/h/}.
Corona Virus Disease or COVID-19 (Polack et al., 2020).
Katamba (1992) defines phonology as a linguistic
The Ministry of Education and Culture of the
study that studies, discusses, and analyses the sounds of
Republic of Indonesia has tried to stop the spread of
language produced by the human speech organs. Besides,
Covid-19 by issuing policies in the field of education,
phonology is also referred to as a branch of linguistics
including the issuance of the Letter of the Minister of
that investigates how sounds are used systematically in
Indonesian Pronunciation Skills of Korean Speakers as Indonesian Language Program for Foreign Speakers 391
Korean YouTubers' Indonesian pronunciation skills so Table 2. Indonesian pronunciation differences among
that the results can be used as BIPA learning materials. the YouTubers
Chinese speakers. Wiratsih (2019) proves that BIPA Balakrishnan, J., & Griffiths, M. D. (2017). Social media
students from China experience some pronunciation addiction: What is the role of content in YouTube?
difficulties in five groups of consonants, namely Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6(3), 364–377.
consonants {/b/ /d/ /g/}, {/-p/ /- t/ /-k/}, {/-η-/ / -l/}, {/r/},
Chaer, A. (2013). Fonologi Bahasa Indonesia
and {/h/}.
(Indonesian phonology). Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.
4. CONCLUSION Gloriani, Y. (2017). Konservasi dan revitalisasi bahasa
sebagai salah satu upaya internasionalisasi Bahasa
Based on the results of the analysis and discussion, Indonesia (Language conservation and
YouTubers tend to pronounce Indonesian vocabulary revitalization as one of the efforts to internationalize
properly and correctly. Indeed, they make a few mistakes, the Indonesian language). FON, 11(2), 1–11.
such as changing phonemes, omitting phonemes, and
adding aspirated sounds due to the influence of their Hootsuite. (2021). Indonesian digital report 2021.
native language. First, Yuna Nuna is fluent in Indonesian. Retrieved from https://andi.link/wp-
Most of her pronunciation is in accordance with the content/uploads/2021/08/Hootsuite-We-are-Social-
sound rules of the language. Second, Sanghoya Oppa’s Indonesian-Digital-Report-2021_compressed.pdf
pronunciation is quite fluent, but at the sentence level, it
Idris, N. S., Sudana, U., & Rahmawati. (2021). A study
is still not effective. Third, Bandung Oppa has a
straightforward pronunciation of each letter sound, but he of acoustic-phonetic of “Saat Terakhir” song by
adds an aspirated sound. Concerning BIPA learning, a ST12 in Dangdut and Pop versions. The Fifth
program for learning Indonesian language skills International Conference on Language, Literature,
(speaking, writing, reading, and listening) for foreign Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2021), 595,
speakers, Yuna Nuna and Sanghoya Oppa can be used as 517–524.
references. Irawan, Y. (2017). Fonetik akustik (Acoustic phonetics).
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