Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation

Majority of Arab EFL students reach the university with generally poor English and bad pronunciation in particular. Students in Arab countries have little opportunities to speak English where Arabic is their native language. Since correct pronunciation is very important to avoid misunderstanding whe...

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Main Authors:	Lardhi, Fatima Ali Salah, Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan, Benraghda, Abdelmadjid
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	ESP World 2017
Subjects:	PE English
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spelling	ump-181442019-10-18T02:43:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18144/ Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation Lardhi, Fatima Ali Salah Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan Benraghda, Abdelmadjid PE English Majority of Arab EFL students reach the university with generally poor English and bad pronunciation in particular. Students in Arab countries have little opportunities to speak English where Arabic is their native language. Since correct pronunciation is very important to avoid misunderstanding when communicating with others and to build self-confidence when trying to speak in front of other people, the current paper investigates the reasons for Arab EFL students to face problems in English pronunciation. The participants were 10 Preparatory Intensive English (PIE) students of University Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Using an in-depth qualitative methodology which is individual interviews, all interviews were audio-recorded with the participants’ consent. The participants were undergraduate Arab EFL students who completed their high school and they do not have exposure to English language. All recorded interviews were analyzed manually. From the data analyzed some emergent themes were found. For instance, students confessed that the lack of using media such as listening to English songs and watching English news and movies affected their pronunciation competence. Furthermore, little emphasis on English pronunciation in formal classroom also contributes to students’ mispronunciation in English language. It was claimed that teachers do not correct students’ mispronunciation and there were no pronunciation activities conducted inside classrooms. Moreover, some social factors affect the students’ ability to speak in English with correct pronunciation, for instance, they speak English just inside the class during their lectures but whenever they leave their class, they use their own mother tongue. This paper attempts to shed some light on the impediments that Arab EFL students face in English pronunciation and to give recommendations on Pronunciation Language Strategies (PLS) that could be applied by the students to improve their English language pronunciation. Some other pedagogical recommendations are also included. ESP World 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18144/1/Factors%20That%20Affect%20Arab%20Efl%20Learners%E2%80%99%20English%20Pronunciation.pdf Lardhi, Fatima Ali Salah and Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan and Benraghda, Abdelmadjid (2017) Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation. English for Specific Purposes World (53). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1682-3257 http://www.esp-world.info/Articles_53/Candidates/Factors.pdf
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description	Majority of Arab EFL students reach the university with generally poor English and bad pronunciation in particular. Students in Arab countries have little opportunities to speak English where Arabic is their native language. Since correct pronunciation is very important to avoid misunderstanding when communicating with others and to build self-confidence when trying to speak in front of other people, the current paper investigates the reasons for Arab EFL students to face problems in English pronunciation. The participants were 10 Preparatory Intensive English (PIE) students of University Malaysia Pahang (UMP). Using an in-depth qualitative methodology which is individual interviews, all interviews were audio-recorded with the participants’ consent. The participants were undergraduate Arab EFL students who completed their high school and they do not have exposure to English language. All recorded interviews were analyzed manually. From the data analyzed some emergent themes were found. For instance, students confessed that the lack of using media such as listening to English songs and watching English news and movies affected their pronunciation competence. Furthermore, little emphasis on English pronunciation in formal classroom also contributes to students’ mispronunciation in English language. It was claimed that teachers do not correct students’ mispronunciation and there were no pronunciation activities conducted inside classrooms. Moreover, some social factors affect the students’ ability to speak in English with correct pronunciation, for instance, they speak English just inside the class during their lectures but whenever they leave their class, they use their own mother tongue. This paper attempts to shed some light on the impediments that Arab EFL students face in English pronunciation and to give recommendations on Pronunciation Language Strategies (PLS) that could be applied by the students to improve their English language pronunciation. Some other pedagogical recommendations are also included.
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author	Lardhi, Fatima Ali Salah Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan Benraghda, Abdelmadjid
author_facet	Lardhi, Fatima Ali Salah Noor Raha, Mohd Radzuan Benraghda, Abdelmadjid
author_sort	Lardhi, Fatima Ali Salah
title	Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation
title_short	Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation
title_full	Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation
title_fullStr	Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation
title_full_unstemmed	Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation
title_sort	factors that affect arab efl learners' english pronunciation
publisher	ESP World
publishDate	2017
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Factors That Affect Arab EFL Learners' English Pronunciation

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