Abstract
This paper analyzes some frequently occurring problems concerning pronunciation of English learners in China. Factors leading to these problems are interference of Chinese, learners’ age, attitude, and their insufficient knowledge of phonology and phonetics systems of the English language, etc.
Highlights
There are several factors influencing the pronunciation of the L2 learners
A particular sound which does not exist in the native language can pose a difficulty for the second language learners to produce or some times to try to substitute those sounds with similar ones in their mother tongue
Children seem to pick up accents very quickly; and the ability to do seems to diminish with age and the knowledge of their native language to a large extent acts as annoying interference while to their second language learning
Summary
There are several factors influencing the pronunciation of the L2 learners. That is, the first language interference by interference of mother language, learner’s age, learner’s attitude and psychological, prior pronunciation instruction, and the insufficient language knowledge of English phonology and phonetics.
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