The Role of Training Sessions on Enhancing Sudanese EFL Undergraduates’ Pronunciation of Consonant (A Case of Al Madar Faculty)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the role of training sessions to enhance Sudanese EFL under graduates' pronunciation of consonant sounds in English. The problem of this study is that the obstructions of Sudanese EFL under graduates' consonant pronunciation in English .The researcher hypotheses that, Sudanese EFL undergraduates face problems in pronunciation of consonant sounds in English, Sudanese EFL undergraduates need training sessions to enhance pronunciation of consonant sounds in English and training sessions enhance Sudanese EFL undergraduates' pronunciation of consonant sounds in English. The researcher collected data from 75 students as population, using 20 students as a sample of study from– Al Madar faculty, Department of Civil Engineering during 2018 – 2019 academic year in Bahri locality. A questionnaire used as a tool for data collection, and the data was analyzed by SPSS program. The study has adopted the analytical method. The results indicated that there are significant differences existed for attitudes towards using training sessions to enhance Sudanese EFL undergraduates' pronunciation of consonant sound in English. Training sessions enhances Sudanese EFL undergraduate students in the pronunciation of consonant sounds in English. Also, the results highlighted that the problem of EFL pronunciation of consonant sounds happens because of the interference of a second language or a mother tongue. The study recommended that: training session should to be available in all institutions. The Ministry of education should reinforce training sessions to be available in all educational institutions. The study also recommended that more studies should be tackled such a prominent issue for EFL students.