PRONOUCIATION BASED SECOND LANGUAGE LERNERS’ USE

Abstract

The current study is an attempt to examine the extent of the students ‘applying of some aspects of English pronunciation relating to vowels, consonants, stress, connected speech and homophones. The sample of the study is 23 students enrolled in the seventh and eighth semesters in the English Department in Almarj Faculty of Education during the academic year, 2022. The aim of this study is to discover the extent of applying the aspects of vowels, consonants, stress, connected speech and homophones when speaking in English language. Data were collected through using a recording oral test, which consists of some questions relating to the topic of the study, that was applied to the whole sample of the study. Date were analyzed according to the assessment criteria posited in the study. The results of the study revealed that the majority of the participants showed a low level of performance when using the basic elements of English pronunciation. Some recommendations were offered to help both the teacher and the students in improving and highlighting the quality of learning and teaching the basic components of English pronunciation.