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Student voices on the teaching & learning of pronunciation
Ali, Sally Youssef Mohamed1.
This research study focuses on the importance of teaching our students pronunciation, on looking
at the difficulties students have, and finding solutions for them. In the past, questions were
raised about the importance of pronunciation as an instructional focus. Recent discussions have
focused on whether or not to teach pronunciation. Today learners too are seen as active learners
with needs, not passive recipients. The results from the survey questions in this study show the
importance of teaching pronunciation today, difficulties students are facing in this area of
English language learning, and some possible solutions. In the past, we knew little about
pronunciation, how it was taught or learned, although it was emphasized in language teaching at
the time of the audio-lingual approach. Today, students can go online and get pronunciation
practice too. Our goal is not to make our students perfect, but it is to make them intelligible and
communicative users of English to serve their purposes in and outside the classroom.
Affiliation:
- United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
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