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Let’s See if Learners’ Level of Proficiency in English Affects their Production of Segmentals and Suprasegmentals: A Case of Iranian EFL Learners

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  • 발행기관
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  • 간행물
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL SCOPUS 바로가기
  • 통권
    Vol.8 No.2 (2011.06)바로가기
  • 페이지
    pp.119-143
  • 저자
    Saeed Mehrpour, Mohammad Makki
  • 언어
    영어(ENG)
  • URL
    https://www.earticle.net/Article/A182317

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This study was conducted to examine some error-provoking areas of English pronunciation for Iranian EFL learners. More specifically, it was meant to determine if there was any difference among learners of different proficiency levels in the areas of problematic consonantal features, the vowel schwa, and suprasegmental features. Thirty male learners ranging in age from 14 to 21 at the three levels of proficiency participated in this study. The instrument used to gather the data was an oral test based on some passages containing the problematic pronunciation areas. The passages were extracted from the learners’ course books. The learners were individually asked to read the texts aloud. The recorded learners’ voices were scored on a five rating scale. The analysis of data revealed that learners’ level of proficiency was a determining factor regarding their production of consonantal features (θ, ð, w, initial consonant clusters) and the vowel schwa (ə), but it did not have any impact on the production of stress patterns, and intonation contours. The researchers provide some suggestions to improve the pronunciation ability of EFL learners in general and Iranian EFL learners in particular.

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ABSTRACT
 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
  Purpose of the Study
  Research Questions and Hypotheses
 METHOD
  Participants
  Instruments
  Procedures
 DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
 DISCUSSION
  Voiceless Dental Fricative (θ), Voiced Dental Fricative (ð), Voiced Glide (w), Initial Consonant Clusters (cc)
  The Vowel Schwa (ə)
  Stress and Intonation
 CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
 THE AUTHORS
 REFERENCES

키워드

pronunciation consonants schwa suprasegmental features

저자

  • Saeed Mehrpour [ Shiraz University, Iran ]
  • Mohammad Makki [ Shiraz University, Iran ]

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발행기관

  • 발행기관명
    아시아영어교육학회 [Asia TEFL]
  • 설립연도
    2004
  • 분야
    사회과학>교육학
  • 소개
    The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals: 1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context. 2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching. 3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia. 4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context. 5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.

간행물

  • 간행물명
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL
  • 간기
    계간
  • pISSN
    1738-3102
  • eISSN
    2466-1511
  • 수록기간
    2004~2026
  • 등재여부
    SCOPUS,KCI 등재
  • 십진분류
    KDC 740 DDC 420

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