Analyzing the Difficulties in Understanding and Using Intonation among Sudanese University Students. (A case Study of Third Year Students of the College of Languages Sudan University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

This study entitled “Analyzing the Difficulties in Understanding and Using Intonation among Sudanese University Students”, (A case Study of Third Year Students of the College of Languages Sudan University of Science and Technology). The significance of this study stems from the fact that intonation conveys meanings based on what gives information about words basic meaning adding shades of meaning. This study aims at finding out the EFL learners difficulties in understanding and using intonation in language learning. The researcher has adopted descriptive analytical method. Structured test has been designed for the third year students of College of Languages-Sudan University of Science and Technology, by the researcher. The researcher has used Statistical Packages of Social Sciences (SPSS) for analyzing the study data. The study concluded to many findings, the most important of which are: there are difficulties in recognizing English language intonation pattern, so they affect the meaning, and EFL learners must be aware of the nature of English intonation patterns and their role in meaning. The researcher recommends necessity of raising awareness of the difficulties of English intonation in terms of understanding and using in language learning for the EFL learners among Sudanese university students and more courses should be designed on the area of English using and their effects on meaning.