Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Korean English learners produce English front vowels differently in a reading passage and isolated sentences. Eleven Korean learners produced the front vowels [i, ɪ, ɛ, ae] embedded in the provided texts. The first and second formant values (F1 and F2) and vowel durations were analyzed using the Speech Analyzer program. The results showed that (1) Korean English learners have more difficulty producing English front vowels in a reading passage than isolated sentences; (2) In isolated sentences, the distance of the high front vowels [i] and [ɪ] produced by Korean learners is shorter than that of native English speakers; (3) From the reading passage, they could not distinguish front vowels [i] and [ɪ] and low front vowels [ɛ] and [ae] correctly. Based on these results, the pedagogical implications were discussed.
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