Impact of Arabic on Undergraduates’ English Pronunciation of 3rd year students, College of Languages

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of Arabic as a mother tongue on English pronunciation of 3rd level students at the college of languages- Sudan University of science &Technology. Descriptive and analytical methods have been used as well as a test and a questionnaire. The study sample has been drawn from (20) 3rd level students .As for the questionnaire as many teachers have expressed their opinion on the questionnaire’s statements. The study has come up with the following results: English language is complicated because orthography does not reflect the pronunciation. University syllabus does not sufficiently demonstrate pronunciation drills and exercises, not to mention students’ lack of basic knowledge of sound system of English phonetics and phonology. The study has recommended that: College of Languages should intervene to introduce the properremedy for the issue in question. Solve this problem by adding syllabus which covers pronunciation drills and exercises. The student should be aware to the basics knowledge of sound system of English Phonetics and Phonology in contrastive manner. In addition the researcher made some suggestions for further future studies.