It is an area that draws on the diverse disciplines of first and secondlanguage acquisition, literacy, english language learning, and reading, including differences and disabilities research. Register now or log in to join your professional community. Introduction all around the world, there are a lot of people with strong desire to learn and speak english with correct pronunciation. This research is conducted in order to find out the most difficult position in pronouncing the english labiodental sounds at the second grade of senior high school of taman siswa pematangsiantar. Difficulties in learning english as a second or foreign language in this research project, the author explored the experience of one adult female immigrant to the united states and her difficulties in learning english as a second language esl and identified several compounding reasons for her lack of expected progress. The unique soundphonetic system used in english imposes linguistic obstacles on the learning process. Allawati 1995 also investigated the difficulties encountered by omani students in their oral production of english and found out that thelinguistic domain vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and discourse constitutes the most serious area of difficulty, and this is because. As far as consonant sounds are concerned, the efl learners encounter a great amount of problems. This study investigates the difficulties of english pronunciation encountered by saudi secondary school learners when pronouncing english consonants. Pdf the pronunciation problems faced by saudi efl learners. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the cambridge english dictionary.
There are differences in english usage in englishspeaking countries in terms of spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Pronunciation difficulties of korean students learning. Karen baertsch this study was conducted as a qualitative investigation to determine the difficulty of p v to saudi esl speakers. One of indonesian students difficulties in learning english is pronouncing english sounds correctly. They are bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, palatoalveolar, palatal, velar, and glottal. What are the difficulties and problems in learning english. To identify the leading cause for problems in learning english as a second language. Therefore, understanding pronunciation variations facing esl students can help teachers be aware of students dialect diversity and challenges in learning standardized english articulation. As a matter of fact, many native speakers of english have problems with spelling correctly. Linguistic difficulties spanish speakers face when learning.
May 28, 2011 the speech of nonnative english speakers may exhibit pronunciation characteristics that result from such speakers imperfectly learning the pronunciation of english, either by transferring the phonological rules from their mother tongue into their english speech or through implementing strategies similar to those used in primary language acquisition. Learning pronunciation is quite difficult for indonesian students since they have been used to speaking their mother tongue since childhood. Their vernacular language they pick up as they go through their stages of infancy. Effective english learning eltc selfstudy materials tony lynch and kenneth anderson, english language teaching centre, university of edinburgh 2012 8 when you have finished, replay and listen to the recording, stopping at any parts where you had pronunciation difficulties or couldnt find the exact word. English has 12 vowels and eight diphthongs, while spanish has only five of each. Pronunciation, vowels, consonants, difficulties, stress, intonation introduction. Jun 19, 2017 the way sounds are organized in korean is very different from that of english, technically this is called the phonology of a language. In this article, we look at some of the specific difficulties english poses to those learning it as a foreign language, and what you can do to overcome these problems if youre in the throes of learning this complicated language yourself. During instruction, many of them experience difficulties in acquiring basic skills in language literacy domains such as alphabet. But many children begin being introduced to the english language way after they have started speaking. Pronunciation problems for spanish learners of english tefl. It is also of value that elements or factors of learning. Speaking has always been one of the most important skills to be acquired in learning english as a second language esl.
Learning of english phonology, the study of patterns and functions of sounds, greatly challenges indigenous learners in mainstreamed philippine classrooms. Abstract the paper talk about difficulties arab speakers encounter while learning englishin the matter of pronunciation. A wellknown pronunciation problem, which even the highestlevel students find it hard to deal with, is the fact that spanish has no wordinitial consonant clusters such as sl,sm, sn, st, sp, sk. These phonological differences affect korean esl students pronunciation in a number of ways, causing pronunciation difficulties such as poor sentence rhythm, intonation and voice stress, being able to correctly sound diphthongs and consonant pairs, as. Of course there is no simple answer to why pronunciation is so difficult to learn. English pronunciation, problematic sound, sudanese university student, mother tongue 1. English language learning difficulty of korean students in. Students can have various difficulties and problems in learning english. Many learners state that they do not need to learn pronunciation and learning pronunciation is a waste of time.
Even within different regions of a country, pronunciation of the same word in english may be very different. The way sounds are organized in korean is very different from that of english, technically this is called the phonology of a language. Moreover, the production errors detected in this study followed different directions that suggest that the sudanese learners of english had difficulty learning the english vowels. Indonesian language as mother tongue influences significantly to the way of indonesian students in pronouncing english sounds. However, many of english language learners ells confront difficulties in learning english. Pdf english pronunciation problems of the tertiary level students.
This difficulty has nothing to do with intelligence or level of education, or even with knowledge of english grammar and vocabulary. Other difficulties in learning and using english vocabulary include fixed word collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms, proverbs and regional differences in vocabulary usage. Difficulties of vietnamese when pronouncing english. This often results in them facing difficulties in areas such as finding employment. Pronunciation problems arab speakers encounter while.
Spanish speakers learning english frequently have problems with pronunciation because of the differences between the two languages sound systems. Difficulties in speaking english 37 words 123 help me. Speaking difficulties of philippine indigenous learners in. English to speakers of other languages, presented on may 30, 2008, at southern illinois university carbondale. They can make different mistakes in english pronunciation, grammar, orthography and vocabulary usage.
This difference between pronunciation and spelling causes a. There are some various articulators in pronunciation. Many learners of english as a second language have major difficulties with english pronunciation even after years of learning the language. Speaking difficulties encountered by young efl learners. Pronunciation difficulties of korean students learning english as a second language youngja paik before we r pronunciation and the reasons of english pronunciation difficulties of bengali medium students of overall bangladesh and particularly in sylhet area. A survey has conducted among some bengali medium schools in sylhet, to finds out the possible barriers that demotivate them to develop their pronunciation skills.
This difference between pronunciation and spelling causes a lot of confusion. Each learner has his own issues but the most common that i felt. Pronunciation problems arab speakers encounter while learning english mohammad alfehaid. Common english difficulties for esl spanish students the. Pronunciation problems for spanish learners of english. Difficulties in speaking english and perceptions of accents a. Pdf it is quite natural that the learners of english as a second or foreign language encounter problems in their pronunciation. English tense lax vowels showed no serious problems probably because there is correspondence between english and arabic longshort vowels. With it comes the importance of correct pronunciation or proficiency. Graduates are often unfairly judged when they fail to convince others of their capabilities due to poor pronunciation and not having the language to express themselves well.
Objectives the objectives of the current study are. There were some factors that caused students difficulties in learning vocabulary 1 the written form is different from the spoken form in english, 2 the number of words that students need to learn is exceedingly large, 3 the limitations of sources of information about words, 4 the complexity of word knowledge. English pronunciation difficulties by korean students. Nonetheless, sufficient emphasis should be given to pronunciation teaching.
Arabic is an official spoken and written language in 23. Pronunciation problems arab speakers encounter while learning. The difficulties are heightened for those learning english as a second language. The subject of the study is focused on the analysis of difficulties while learning english language in the classroom. The issue of identifying reading difficulties and disabilities in english language learners ells is a complex one.
One of the main reasons for this is that many, many english words are not spelled as they are spoken. The aim of this paper is to present some of the difficulties the albanian learners usually face in learning the english pronunciation. English pronunciation difficulties by korean students talk. Difficulties in learning english as a second or foreign language. Difficulties of learning english as aforeign language among. Understanding pronunciation variations facing esl students. Pronunciation difficulties of korean students learning english as a second language youngja paik before we r learning difficulties. English has one of the biggest, trickiest vocabularies there is.
The importance of english pronunciation instruction according to harmer 2001, a lot of teachers do not pay enough attention to english pronunciation. English language learners with reading disabilities. Different students can have different difficulties and problems in learning english. Results of native speakers evaluation of vietnameseaccented final consonants are also concluded to clarify how comprehensible informants pronunciation is. Dec 01, 2016 this research is conducted in order to find out the most difficult position in pronouncing the english labiodental sounds at the second grade of senior high school of taman siswa pematangsiantar. Achieving correct pronunciation is very difficult for most second language learners sll. Data analysis for depth of understanding of the findings of the interview sessions, transcriptions of interview results were carefully analyzed, categorized and thematised according to saliency, meaning and homogeneity patton, 1990. The difficulties of learning english as a second language. Pronunciation is the one aspect in english that many learners recognise as one of the most challenging features when first starting out. Students difficulties in pronouncing the english labiodental. There is a connection between the native language of a learner and the particular. With a central idea on the interference of first language, the above discussions present the importance of being. Difficulties in speaking english and perceptions of accents a comparative study of finnish and japanese adult learners of english paaaine main subject tyon laji level paivamaara date sivumaara number of pages english language and culture pro gradu tutkielma x 11.