The Functions of Organs of Speech in Communication and Pedagogical Implications for Students Learning and Speaking English as Second Language

Abstract

The study is to bring to for: (a) The fluency and articulation of speech sounds, (b) To x-ray the different organs of speech and (c) the function of each organ of speech. Each organ of speech or articulator plays a special and crucial role in the production of speech sounds. These speech sounds ease communication in human beings. The tongue, lips, teeth, lungs, vocal cords, velum, soft and hard palate, larynx, pharynx are important articulators in human communication. This study examined organs of speech or articulators, their functions and pedagogical implications. The different segments of the diagram of the organs of speech have been used to aid the study. The study discovered that the ear functions as an important organ of speech in sound production. The study has also discovered that fluency and articulation are obtained through the study of organs of speech as second language (L2) learners and speakers. The study recommended among many others that teaching of organs of speech at any level of learning be very practical and the use of language laboratory is sina qua non. This is imperative because the study of phonetics and phonology is scientific in nature and has to be proved through listening to native speakers, near – native speakers, role model speakers and transcriptions.