Introduction
English pronunciation is a major problem among some ESL learners. Majority of the cases the degree and type of difficulty depends on the learner’s native language. Despite the differences between countries, there are certain common mistakes among ESL students all over the world.
According to (Pesce, 2017) there are seven common pronounciation mistakes among the ESL learners.Pronouncing the letter “th”,it is the most tough comsonant to produce. There are three different ways to pronouce “th”,as a “d” ” (/ð/) as in this, that, these, those, they or them.The voiceless /θ/ in three, thing, thought or as a /t/ as in Thai or Thames. The pronunciation of the /θ/ is specifically difficult for some learners as its often pronounced “tree” …show more content…
Sources such as recording from television and radio can be used. Moreover a guest speaker an be brought to exporse the learners to different syles of speechs. This is an authentic method rather than teachers tending to over pronounce and mislead the learnersPrint off and giving learners a diagram of the mouth and explain the regions where the sound must be produced.In refer to the interview done.As the Speaker was of a senior age biological explanation of sound production will be specifically …show more content…
According to (Anon., 2012) it is adviced not to overdo word and sentence stress.Speaking naturally healps learners to comprehend in a faster manner.In order to do this When you pronounce words with two or more syllables, one syllable will be stressed more than the others. Until its is practiced a bit there is chance of having trouble hearing stress because it is such a natural part of a native speaker's speech. Sentences will have similar stress patterns that needed to learnt, and respelling can helpul in that. Some words are not so important to hear and are reduced in time, loudness and tone. Some are more important, louder and longer and have a higher tone.
Majority of the learners find IPA a wonderful tool for improving their pronunciation and most can learn it very quickly provided it is presented logically. In this method vowels(schwa,long vowels,short vowels and dipthong vowels), Consonets (ficative,plosive,approximants and nasal) can be tauught.highlight the difference between voiced and voiceless consonants.this can be done by touching the thorat and saying z,s,f,v sound.Silent Letters can be taught by by giving exmaples such as com-b, flowe-r
English pronunciation is a major problem among some ESL learners. Majority of the cases the degree and type of difficulty depends on the learner’s native language. Despite the differences between countries, there are certain common mistakes among ESL students all over the world.
According to (Pesce, 2017) there are seven common pronounciation mistakes among the ESL learners.Pronouncing the letter “th”,it is the most tough comsonant to produce. There are three different ways to pronouce “th”,as a “d” ” (/ð/) as in this, that, these, those, they or them.The voiceless /θ/ in three, thing, thought or as a /t/ as in Thai or Thames. The pronunciation of the /θ/ is specifically difficult for some learners as its often pronounced “tree” …show more content…
Sources such as recording from television and radio can be used. Moreover a guest speaker an be brought to exporse the learners to different syles of speechs. This is an authentic method rather than teachers tending to over pronounce and mislead the learnersPrint off and giving learners a diagram of the mouth and explain the regions where the sound must be produced.In refer to the interview done.As the Speaker was of a senior age biological explanation of sound production will be specifically …show more content…
According to (Anon., 2012) it is adviced not to overdo word and sentence stress.Speaking naturally healps learners to comprehend in a faster manner.In order to do this When you pronounce words with two or more syllables, one syllable will be stressed more than the others. Until its is practiced a bit there is chance of having trouble hearing stress because it is such a natural part of a native speaker's speech. Sentences will have similar stress patterns that needed to learnt, and respelling can helpul in that. Some words are not so important to hear and are reduced in time, loudness and tone. Some are more important, louder and longer and have a higher tone.
Majority of the learners find IPA a wonderful tool for improving their pronunciation and most can learn it very quickly provided it is presented logically. In this method vowels(schwa,long vowels,short vowels and dipthong vowels), Consonets (ficative,plosive,approximants and nasal) can be tauught.highlight the difference between voiced and voiceless consonants.this can be done by touching the thorat and saying z,s,f,v sound.Silent Letters can be taught by by giving exmaples such as com-b, flowe-r