National Language or Ethnic Language?: Young Parents’ Language Choice for Their Children in the Acehnese Home

Aziz, Zulfadli A.; Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah; Menalisa, Menalisa

doi:10.18848/2327-7882/cgp/v18i01/21-35

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“…Acehnese children today who are being raised with Indonesian as their first language hastens the status of the Acehnese language in danger. Therefore, the next generation of Acehnese language speakers will not use it, especially in the city areas of Aceh Province, such as in Bireuen (Aziz et al (2021), Langsa (Al-Auwal, 2017Fakhrurrazi, 2016;Ismail et al, 2021;Ulfa, 2018), Banda Aceh (Aziz et al, 2020;Muhammad, 2013;Muliawati & Yusnida, 2022;Yusuf et al, 2022), and Lhokseumawe (Idaryani & Fidyati, 2021;Idaryani & Fidyati, 2022). These studies conclude that young Acehnese speakers today have lesser ability and fluency in speaking Acehnese, and some cannot even speak it.…”

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Acehnese parents’ attitudes and their implications in the intergenerational transmission of the heritage language

Idaryani

Fidyati

2023

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This study aims to find out the Acehnese parents’ attitudes toward their heritage language, Acehnese, and its implication for the intergenerational transmission of the Acehnese language in the family domain among Acehnese parents residing in two suburbs of Lhokseumawe city in Aceh Province, Indonesia. This qualitative study collected data from semi-structured interviews with 20 female parents who are from endogamy families and Acehnese native speakers. The results of the study underlined three significant issues. First, the parents’ attitudes toward higher educational degree graduates toward their heritage language are negative, and have low self-esteem to speak their heritage language which gradually resulted in a language shift among female parents. However, the parents with lower educational degrees are more confident to speak Acehnese with a strong sense of belonging to their heritage language. Second, a discrepancy is found between the parents’ declaration and their practices in using Acehnese as a mother tongue in their homes because of educational pressures and negative attitudes of the parents. Last, the traditional pattern of intergenerational transmission of Acehnese has been disturbed in the home domains, and this resulted in the Acehnese language being under threat. Consequently, the ability of Acehnese children in speaking Acehnese deteriorates. This study suggests that the important status of Acehnese needs to be recognized as equally important as Indonesian by strengthening the local content policy and immersion approach in schools. Revising the language planning and policy to improve awareness of the values of Acehnese needs to be done.

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Acehnese parents’ attitudes and their implications in the intergenerational transmission of the heritage language

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Fidyati

2023

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“…In addition, according to Khati (2011), mother tongue is a language that a person acquires first in his/her childhood. Also, it is the country's language where someone is living, and usually, it is spoken in the family (Aziz et al, 2020;Aziz et al, 2021). Moreover, it could be a part of a child's personal, social, and cultural identity (Pillai, et al, 2015) that represents the intellectual development, physical and moral aspects of education growth.…”

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“…This is based on several things such as the family background, dialects, and the official language use in the Indonesian educational system. Many Acehnese language families have chosen Indonesian as the first language because they were motivated by several educational reasons (Aziz et al, 2020;Aziz et al, 2021). For example, speaking in Indonesian will facilitate their children to adjust themselves to the teaching and learning process in the school, and helps them to mingle in the society or interact with others in Indonesia (Al-Auwal, 2017).…”

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University students’ perception toward the use of the mother tongue in the EFL classrooms

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Suryani

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This study identified learners’ perceptions toward using the mother tongue and analyzed the function or occasions of its use in the EFL classroom. A mixed-methods design, employing classroom observation, questionnaire, and semi-structured interview as data collection methods, was used to pursue this study. The questionnaire items gained the students’ opinion on two categories, namely: students’ preference and occasion of mother tongue use. Twenty undergraduate students who took the Speaking course at a private university in Aceh were involved as the participant of the observation and questionnaire. Meanwhile, only three of them were chosen as the interviewee. The questionnaire data were analyzed quantitatively. In contrast, the observation and interview data were analyzed qualitatively. The results indicated that the use of mother tongue brought positive and negative impacts regarding the students’ perception based on their various English proficiency levels. The low level of English proficiency and intermediate students revealed a higher preference toward the mother tongue to understand the instructions, explain unfamiliar vocabularies, and understand the differences or similarities of English pronunciation and idioms. At the same time, the advanced students indicated a negative perception of mother tongue use. They chose to avoid using their mother tongue to improve their skill through maximum exposure to English as the target language in the speaking classroom atmosphere.

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“…It is quite common to observe that the younger generation has less frequently used Acehnese (Al-Auwal, 2017), which can affect the changes in the language over time. The Acehnese people now feel more comfortable to speak Indonesian than their mother tongue (Aziz & Amery, 2016;Aziz, Yusuf, & Menalisa, 2020).…”

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Acehnese Archaic Words in Hikayat: An Early Influential Literary Work

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The research aimed at finding out the Acehnese archaic words and their non-archaic alternatives that younger speakers often utter today. Several Acehnese original lexical items were no longer understood by the younger generation, and thus it was expected that some words to disappear without proper documentation. Hikayat Prang Sabi (Sabil War Sage), an early literary work in Acehnese, was the source of archaic words for the research. Therefore, the research design applied a descriptive qualitative method. The data consisted of 54 suspected archaic words from Hikayat Prang Sabi that were distributed to 20 speakers of Acehnese who lived in the Pidie regency. They were divided into two age groups consisting of 20 to 25 years old and 26 to 30 years old. They were asked to verify the suspected archaic words. The research results show that there are five archaic words and 49 semi-archaic words have found in the Hikayat.

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National Language or Ethnic Language?: Young Parents’ Language Choice for Their Children in the Acehnese Home

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Acehnese parents’ attitudes and their implications in the intergenerational transmission of the heritage language

Acehnese parents’ attitudes and their implications in the intergenerational transmission of the heritage language

University students’ perception toward the use of the mother tongue in the EFL classrooms

Acehnese Archaic Words in Hikayat: An Early Influential Literary Work

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