Investigating FL Learners’ Errors of Pronunciation with Regard to Spelling: the Case of MMUTO EFL Licence Learners
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2017
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Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
This study investigates the issue of learners’ errors of pronunciation with regard to
spelling, that is to say, dealing with errors of pronunciation by making relation to
the written form. Our study aims at finding the major sources of pronunciation
errors committed by learners of English when they read, and also to reveal the
relationship between the written medium and the spoken one. To investigate this
problematic, we have used two theories in relation to language learning; the first
one is Error Analysis Theory (EAT), which enabled us to analyze the errors
committed by learners of English, the second one is Contrastive Analysis Theory
(CAT) which enabled us to compare between some elements of the Target Language
structure with those of the learners’ L1 like: phonology and morphology, to predict
the difficulties the learners might encounter. For gathering data we used two
research tools which are: a questionnaire that is administered to teachers of English
at MMUTO department of English and a recording test which is organized for
learners of English from licence levels. The results of the collected data are then
represented in form of tables, diagrams, charts, and statistics. The gathered data is
then analyzed by using descriptive statistical method and Qualitative Content
Analysis which allowed us to confirm the hypotheses of this research and to answer
the questions that are asked in the General Introduction
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66p.:ill;30cm.(+cd)
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Language et communication