Abstract:
The objective of the study is to find evidence for
the pronunciation
problems with English spoken by
Sudanese university EFL learners. It has been argued that
pronunciation difficulties arise due to differences between
first language
sounds.
L1
These
pronunciation
and
second language
difficulties
problems
do
not
but they
L2 speech
only
result
also lead
in
to the
perception of unintended English speech sounds by the
native English listeners, causing intelligibility problems.
The data obtained help to understand which
English vowels and consonants are the most difficult to
produce and what the causes of these difficulties are.
Thus, it would be possible to obtain cognitive insights into
the L2 production problems and to utilize these insights
for pedagogical purposes.
The subjects for the study hundred students at final
year
in
Sudan
University,
the
instrument
use
for
collecting the data observation and questionnaire, and
finally
the
data
analyzed
both
statistically
and
descriptively.
The findings of the research support the hypothesis
that mother tongue interference, inconsistency, spelling
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and sound system /differences between L1 and L2 affect
pronunciation and lead the learners of other languages to
mispronunciation.
Use of language labs to teach foreign languages
Language laboratories are needed to maintain a high
level of training in foreign or Second language learning.
Learners
need
to
acquire
an
accurate
perceptual
representation of the speech sounds of the target
language,
which
is
a
necessary
Prerequisite
for
pronouncing the foreign speech sounds adequately. The
language Laboratory forms the most suitable place to
practice phonetic exercises.
