Y. Sitepu, H.Y. Anjarningsih*, & M. Laksman-Huntley
Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities,
Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
ABSTRACT: Children with dyslexia have difficulties in
understanding both pseudowords and realwords heard in quiet or noisy condition (Brady, Poggie, Rapala, 1989). This research analyzes utterance perception of children
with dyslexia who are
native speakers of Indonesian language. The research methods are quantitative and
qualitative with the approach of controlled case study.
Five children with dyslexia
(DD) aged 7-9 years old at Pantara Inclusive Primary School, and 25
children with the same chronological age studying at Kwitang 8
Primary School, Pancoran Mas, Depok as the control group (CG) are given tasks to repeat 24 high frequency realwords and 24 pseudowords,
heard in both quiet and noisy conditions. The 24 pseudowords come from the 24 words manipulated on the first consonant in
the second syllable. The result shows that 4 out of 5 children in the
DD experience significant difference in utterance perception compared with the one experienced
by the CG. This supports the findings of Brady et al. (1989) and the data also show that children with dyslexia tend to
alter consonants into voiceless consonant sounds, and the
central vowels to the
front or back vowels.
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