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TOPIC : PHONOLOGY

NORHIDAYU ROSMAN

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QUESTION

2. Non-native speakers of English (NNS) often

have problems with pronunciation. Discuss

the problems areas and suggest ways to

overcome these problems identified. Provide

relevant examples to illustrate your answer.

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PROBLEM 1 :

PRONUNCIATION

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Incorrectly learning the pronunciation of English,either by transferring the phonological rules from

their mother tongue into their English speech or

through implementing strategies similar to thoseused in primary language acquirement.

Create innovative pronunciations for English soundswhich cannot be found in the speakers first

language.

Example : The Japanese do not have the sound of rin their language. Thus, they have to use an

alternative sound which available in their language

according to their convenience. As they pronounced

the sound r, they pronounce l sound.

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HOW TO OVERCOME IT?

Learn how to pronounce the

words correctly from the

native speakers

E.g : MOE had conducted aNative Speaker Program which

bring in the native English

speakers to each schools in

order to teach the non-native

English speaker of the school

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PROBLEM 2 :

ACCENT

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Include their first language

accent as they speak English

Strong accent sometimesmakes the listeners cannot

understand the words that

they are saying

Strong accent could diminish

the understanding of somewords

E.g : Malay English teachers

who use Malay language as

their first language have the

possibility to speak English

language with a strong

Malay accent.

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HOW TO OVERCOME IT?

Speak the words slowly in

order to make it sounds clear

for the listeners

Result : listeners could

understand the English

words even though our

accent was influenced

strongly in those English

words

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PROBLEM 3 :

GRAMMAR

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Can not

understand on howthe English

language reallyworks

English grammar is

totally differentfrom Malay

grammar

E.g :

In Malay sentence,we cannot use the

plural verb with

the plural subject.

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HOW TO OVERCOME IT?

Ask helps from any native

speakers who could

correct us in case we are

using the wrong grammar

as we stated a sentence

E.g : As the teacher in

school has become a

native English speaker, we

could ask help from that

teacher

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PROBLEM 4 :

FLUENCY

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Used to talk

in native

language

Lack of

confidence tospeak that

language

E.g :

tendency to

make

mistakesmake the

non-native

speakers

afraid to talk

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HOW TO OVERCOME IT?

Non-native speakers

could practice very

hard as practice

makes perfect

E.g : Practices using

cassettes, or tapes

and listen to those

things frequently

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