Language Attrition of the Second Language between Indonesian-Korean Couple

Abstract

This paper is focusing on the language attrition that happens on Korean Indonesian couple. This study aims to find out the implementation of bilingualism between Korean Indonesian couple, the factors influence them to experience language attrition, and the impact for the couple after they experience language attrition. Qualitative method was used in this study. The participants were Korean and Indonesian couple. The man has Korean background, and the woman has Indonesian background. The data was collected by conducting interview and documentation. They were then analyzed using theory from Tavakoli (2012), Myers-Scotton, (2006), Köpke, (2007), and   Schmid (2011). This research revealed that this couple used English at the beginning of their relationship, then change to Korean that makes them as bilinguals. The result also shows the factors influencing language attrition between them are the language use and bilingual. Moreover, the impact after they experienced language attrition is they replace some language in their L1 and L2 with L3 unintentionally.