Difficulties learners of English as a Foreign Language face when pronouncing the vowel sounds/?/, /?/, /?/, /?/

ABSTRACT      The aim of this study is to determine the difficulties that learners of English as a Foreign Language face when pronouncing the short vowel sounds /?/, /? /, /?/, /?/. This analysis is done by contrasting 1700 vocalizations from a sample of 85 partic...

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Autor: Rodríguez Ludeña, María Patricia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Educación
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/665
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/ree/article/view/665
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Short vowel sounds
Pronunciation
Error
Vowel substitution
Didactic strategies
Sonidos vocálicos cortos
Pronunciación
Sustitución vocálica
Estrategias didácticas
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Sumario:ABSTRACT      The aim of this study is to determine the difficulties that learners of English as a Foreign Language face when pronouncing the short vowel sounds /?/, /? /, /?/, /?/. This analysis is done by contrasting 1700 vocalizations from a sample of 85 participants, with audio recordings of native English speakers who specialize in teaching English, and the pronunciation dictionary published by Cambridge. When the errors are presented, didactic proposals are suggested to improve the pronunciation of the aforementioned vowel sounds. It is concluded that the most frequent type of error is vowel substitution.