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Teaching pronunciation: revisited
Al-Azzawi, Mohamed Basil1, Barany, Lazgin Kheder S2.
This work investigates a controversial subject, viz. the teaching of pronunciation. Numerous
works have been written about the subject with various views, objectives and theoretical stands.
This work takes into consideration the conceptions of both English language teachers and
students at college levels. Thirty-two subjects from three universities: Mosul, Duhok and
Salahddin were asked whether pronunciation is teachable and at which level; whether to be
taught separately as a subject, or in conjunction with other oral skills, and whether the objective
behind teaching it is fluency, or accuracy or intelligibility and finally who is a good
pronunciation teacher. The study hypothesizes that pronunciation is teachable, separately and in
conjunction with other skills for at least two years for the sake of fluency, accuracy and
intelligibility by qualified and experienced teachers. The results of the analysis validated these
hypotheses in varying degrees. Teaching pronunciation is of paramount important in English
language teaching; it could be taught separately but also integrated with listening , speaking
skills , oral comprehension and grammar. Also it has been found that pronunciation should be
taught at college level at one or more than one level; teachers of pronunciation should relate to
the notions of fluency and accuracy achieving a balance of form and function. They are better
qualified if they have majored in phonetics and English phonology.
Affiliation:
- University of Mosul, Iraq
- University of Duhok, Iraq
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