INTRODUCTION Pronunciation is an essential part of language. According to Fries (1945)‚ the main problem in learning a new language is not the vocabulary but it is instead the mastery of the sound system‚ which is to understand the stream of speech and to hear distinctive sound features. Pronunciation is important to avoid misunderstandings when communicating. It is seen as a prerequisite for the development of speaking skill (Celce-Murcia & Goodwin‚ 1991). Pronunciation‚ according to Microsoft
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Non-native speakers of English (NNS) mean people who speak English not as their mother tongue‚ but serves as a useful lingua franca between ethnic and language groups. English is carried our predominantly in higher education‚ the legislature and judiciary‚ national commerce and so on. English was spread in Asia and Africa through colonization by Great Britain and the USA. Among the countries are India‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Kenya‚ Pakistan‚ Nigeria‚ etc. It is estimated that there are 150 million
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PROBLEMS OF PRONOUNCIATION FOR NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER WHAT IS NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKER? Non-native English speaker result from the common linguistic phenomenon in which non-native users of any language tend to carry the intonation‚ phonological processes and pronunciation rules from their mother tongue into their English speech. They may also create innovative pronunciations for English sounds not found in the speaker’s first language. Current English speech recognition systems are commonly
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Pronunciation Problems in Egypt I have been teaching English for almost eight years for Egyptian university students at the English Department. Out of my experience of teaching Phonetics and Phonology for those students‚ I can conclude that the Egyptian learners of English encounter many pronunciation problems because of two main reasons: the English spelling as a poor reflection of the English pronunciation as well as the differences between the Arabic phonetic alphabet and that of English
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Causes and solutions to pronunciation problems 12008815x ‚ So Hee Kim Hong kong is one of the most preferred locations for international business in Asia Pacific‚ and is becoming more so. Naturally business English skills is becoming increasingly important. Business English skills can be categorized into three different parts. These parts are writing‚ presentation and communication. All are equally important‚ but this essay will focus more on commuicaition. To be be more specific‚ it will
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believe that everyone has problems or challenges to overcome everyday. Even people who think that they are perfect have problems or challenges to overcome everyday. I always have to overcome challenges or problems. No one in this world will not have any challenges or problems. They will have some type of challenge or problem. I believe anyone will be able to overcome those problems. People will always have issues when coming to problems or challenges. Sometime when I have problems in my daily life‚ I think
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Helping the Nonnative English Speakers with Reading Filipinos are nonnative speakers of English. There are people who speak English from the time they’re able to utter a word. Others use the language only when communicating with foreigners. In our situation‚ whether we like to learn English or not‚ we are forced to do so because it is included in the school curriculum. We could not escape from using it because not all the subjects are taught in Filipino. However‚ there’s a need
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Do you think you cannot give hundred percent when you are presenting something? If you have this kind of thinking‚ have you ever tried to make it better? Sometimes I really think that we always want to give the best while presenting my speech or talk. So I just wonder on how I can improve my present? I believe that not all of you can stand in front and talk with the high level of confidence. Speech is the one of the type of oral communication. What is oral communication? Oral communication implies
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PROBLEM: The “R” sound In Portuguese‚ R at the beginning of words‚ at the end of words‚ or before a consonant is pronounced like H. Many Brazilian students carry this habit into English words‚ pronouncing “restaurant” as “hestaurant” and “far” as “fah.” It’s especially common when the English word and the Portuguese word are similar‚ such as in “restaurant” and “regular.” SOLUTION: First‚ I have my students work on pronouncing the English R sound by itself. I demonstrate the correct mouth position
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native speaker’s pronunciation‚ which can be a useful tool to understand the rules adhered to it. The consistencies and inconsistencies among the speaker‚ the account of them and the reasons why they do happen will be observed in this analysis. I asked six native speakers to read aloud some sentences. Five of them were American and one was Canadian. They were told that all of them had nonsense words. Analysis of findings The following charts show the different pronunciations given to the target
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