Abstract—The enthusiasm of foreigners studying the Indonesian language by Foreign Speakers (BIPA) was documented in a sitcom "International Class". Tone and stress when they speak the Indonesian language is unique and different from Indonesian pronunciation. By using the Praat program, this research aims to describe prosodic Indonesian language which is spoken by ‘International Class” actors consisting of Abbas from Nigeria, Lee from Korea, and Kotaro from Japan. Data for the research are taken from the video sitcom "International Class" that aired on Indonesian television. The results of this study revealed that pitch movement that arises when pronouncing Indonesian sentences was up and down gradually, there is also a rise and fall sharply. In terms of stress, respondents tend to contain a lot of stress when pronouncing Indonesian sentences. Meanwhile, in terms of temporal structure, the duration pronouncing Indonesian sentences tends to be longer than that of Indonesian speakers. Keywords—Melodic structure, temporal structure, prosody, experimental phonetics, international class. I. INTRODUCTION S part of the culture in which humans play an important role, language also takes part in the role of humans because it serves as a communication tool continuing to grow in accordance with the development of human civilization itself. The Indonesian language is now not only learned by Indonesian people. Evidently, the Indonesian language is now learned in 179 foreign universities located in 45 countries around the world. Of course it is a source of pride for us as Indonesian native speakers. In Indonesia, Indonesian teaching activities for Foreign Speakers (BIPA) have been conducted since the 1990s. This was done with the consideration that in the era of globalization, as the Indonesian language becomes increasingly important and the potential in the international arena increases [13]. The potential of the Indonesian language is supported by the geographical position of Indonesia, in which people of Tri Sulistyaningtyas is a lecturer from Humanities Research Group, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesha 10, Bandung, Indonesia (corresponding author, e-mail: trining_ism@ yahoo.co.id). Yani Suryani, Dana Waskita, Linda Handayani Sukaemi, and Ferry Fauzi Hermawan are lecturers from Humanities Research Group, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesha 10, Bandung, Indonesia (e-mail: yanisuryani@itb.ac.id, dana.waskita.itb@gmail.com, langitshabrina@gmail.com, ferry@fsrd.itb.ac.id). different nations are interacted with the indigenous people. Thus, the Indonesian language is also expected to be a bridge for other nations to increase their understanding of the people and culture of Indonesia. That fact has led many foreigners to be interested and attracted to learn the Indonesian language as a means to achieve various objectives, such as politics, economy, trade, education, art, culture, and travel. The relatively large number of people who learn Indonesian impressed one of television station in Indonesia to broadcast a situation-comedy (sitcom) program named "International Class". This sitcom has been aired on Net TV since 2015. The International Class tells about people from different countries who are studying Indonesian in Jakarta. Among them are Abbas from Nigeria, Kotaro from Japan, and Lee from Korea. In terms of melody and temporal structure, the sentences uttered by Abbas, Kotaro, and Lee are interesting to be studied because their pronunciations are still affected by their native language. Therefore, this paper will explain the melodic structure and temporal structure uttered by Abbas, Kotaro, and Lee in the "International Class" sitcom. II. PHONETIC EXPERIMENTAL Experimental phonetics is a relatively young study. This study was recently developed in the 1940s when the spectrograph was discovered. Although it is clear that the object is a symptom of acoustic phonetics concrete, investigation of these objects originally could only be done by relying on the phonetics expert impression. Identification and their analysis of the object sounds were analyzed entirely based on the ability of the senses of hearing, sight, and awareness of organ activity of oneself when a sound is uttered [1]. According to Hayward [1], experimental phonetics includes a variety of research on speech using this instrument. That is, the instrument used to visualize some aspects of the speech that occurs. For example, if we use a tape recorder to repeat listening to a speech, it cannot be called a part of the experimental phonetics. But, if the tape recorder is connected to a computer and used to perform acoustic analysis of the speech, then that activity can be categorized as an experimental research. Therefore, experimental phonetics is often called instrumental phonetics. Melodic and Temporal Structure of Indonesian Sentences of Sitcom "International Class" Actors: Prosodic Study with Experimental Phonetics Approach Tri Sulistyaningtyas, Yani Suryani, Dana Waskita, Linda Handayani Sukaemi, Ferry Fauzi Hermawan A World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Vol:11, No:2, 2017 486 International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 11(2) 2017 ISNI:0000000091950263 Open Science Index, Humanities and Social Sciences Vol:11, No:2, 2017 publications.waset.org/10006627/pdf