<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Everybody who has learned English as a second or foreign language knows that for reaching intermediate levels, English is an easy language regarding grammar and vocabulary; however, when reaching advanced levels, the learners are faced with complex forms of morphology, syntax, and most obviously, they are faced with the difficulties that pronunciation presents. These are mainly the problems that occur with the English students whose native language is other than English. An experienced teacher of non-native speakers of English can easily recognize the causes of mispronunciation, which in most cases are lack of vocabulary, lack of practice, bad teaching experiences, lack of direct contact with the language, and lack of self-confidence. There are quite a lot of words in English, which are often mispronounced. Those who have just started to learn English as a foreign language, students at primary schools, adults using English as a means of communication and as a working tool, such as businessmen, politicians, administrators, doctors, accountants, and those studying English for teaching purposes, even the teachers of English are faced with the problems of proper pronunciation of words in English.</p><p>The aim of this research is to identify the problems that the students in the Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communication face with when they deal with pronunciation of lexical words.</p></abstract>

Everybody who has learned English as a second or foreign language knows that for reaching intermediate levels, English is an easy language regarding grammar and vocabulary; however, when reaching advanced levels, the learners are faced with complex forms of morphology, syntax, and most obviously, they are faced with the difficulties that pronunciation presents. These are mainly the problems that occur with the English students whose native language is other than English. An experienced teacher of non-native speakers of English can easily recognize the causes of mispronunciation, which in most cases are lack of vocabulary, lack of practice, bad teaching experiences, lack of direct contact with the language, and lack of self-confidence. There are quite a lot of words in English, which are often mispronounced. Those who have just started to learn English as a foreign language, students at primary schools, adults using English as a means of communication and as a working tool, such as businessmen, politicians, administrators, doctors, accountants, and those studying English for teaching purposes, even the teachers of English are faced with the problems of proper pronunciation of words in English.The aim of this research is to identify the problems that the students in the Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communication face with when they deal with pronunciation of lexical words.

Problems with Pronunciation Among Students of English Language and Literature-Seeu

Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communication

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Everybody who has learned English as a second or foreign language knows that for reaching intermediate levels, English is an easy language regarding grammar...

Problems with Pronunciation Among Students of English Language and Literature-Seeu

Published Online: Apr 06, 2021

Page range: 113 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/seeur-2020-0020

Keywords
grammar, pronunciation, students, language

© 2020 Arta Toçi, published by Sciendo

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Problems with Pronunciation Among Students of English Language and Literature-Seeu

Published Online: Apr 06, 2021

Page range: 113 - 125

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/seeur-2020-0020

Keywordsgrammar, pronunciation, students, language

© 2020 Arta Toçi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
grammar, pronunciation, students, language