VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUTHES: NGUYÊN TII THIU IƯƠNG DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY SECOND YEAR STUDENTS. AT TIIAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY IN PRODUCING SOME ENGLISH CONSONANTS Những khó khăn trong việc phát âm một số phụ âm Tiếng Anh của sinh viên năm thứ hai trường Đại học Nông Lâm , Thái Nguyên M. MINOR THESIS FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS CODE: ó0 22 15 TIA NOI - 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUTHES: NGUYÊN TII THIU IƯƠNG DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY SECOND YEAR STUDENTS. AT TIIAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY IN PRODUCING SOME ENGLISH CONSONANTS Những khó khăn trong việc phát âm một số phụ âm Tiếng Anh của sinh viên năm thứ hai trường Dại học Nông Lâm , Thái Nguyên MLA.
MINOR TILESIS FIELD: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS. CODE: 60 22 15 SUPERVISOR: : Assoc. VO DAI QUANG HANOI - 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration. Acknowledgement: Abstract Table of contents List of abbreviations and figures.
List of tables. List of speech organs. PART ONE: INTRODUCTION. IL Aims of the study.
The scope of the study. Design of the study. PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW. Whal is prommeiation 2.
The role of pronunciation in language teachang.2 Factors affecting pronunciation in language learning, 2. Tho native language 2. The learners’ background. Molivation lo lowing English 2.5, Teaching and learning environment ew 1.Phonolegical characteristics and articulation of the sounds /8/, /2/, 1J?, /g, HÚI, /d5/.
Phonological characteristics and articulation of the consonant /6/ 1. Phonological characlzrislics and articulation af the consonant (0/ 1. Phonological characteristics and articulation of the consonant /J! 1. Phonological characteristics and arliculation of the consonant /3/ 1.
Phonological characteristics and articulation of the consonant ‘1f/ Upper lip 10 Larynx Nasal cavity 14 Lower teeth aAuaRWH Upper teeth 12 Lower lip Alveolar ridge 13 Tongue Hard palate tip blade mœnaơrm Soft palate Uvula front WON Pharynx centre Glottis back Figure 1: Diagram of the vocal organ students’ pronunciation ability and so on Unfortunately, this is not only the situation at my university but also the case for many other colleges and universilics in Vicltarn. My desire is to conduct a research in order to find out the difficulties encountered by second year students of English at TUAF in producing the English consonant sounds: /0/, /ð/, /ƒ, /3/, Aff, /đ3/ as well as to explore the causes of the difficulty and some proposal approaches to improve traching and tcarning some English consonant sounds at TUAF and then help my students dealing with the pronmeiation’s difficulties. Objectives of the study With the necessily of pronunciation teaching and learning above and the rteatily of the difficulties in producing some English consonant sounds, the objectives of the research presented hare are as follows: 1. To identify difficulties in producing some English consonant sounds (0, /0/, if, /3, jf, fag’ by second year in - service English major students at 'UAF (Academic Year 2009- 2010) 2.
To explore the causes of these difficulties. To provide some possible solutions to the identified problems. It is hoped that this study makes a contribution in teaching pronunciation, especially the consonant sounds /6/, /8/ 3}, Aff, fg? to the best results in courses at TUAF in particular and to those who are in favor of improving ths student’s pronunciation and the result of ths study is considered to be useful for students of English to ideutify their difficulties in producing these English consonant sounds and to self improve their pronunciation, TH. Rescarch questions Due to limited time and knowledge, it is impossible to cover alll difficulties which the students may fice in their using English, Hence this study mainty focused on the questions thal have boon raised: 1.
What are the difficulties encountered by second year students of English at TUAF in producing these English consonant sounds: 49, A0, (1/81 4 2. What are the causes of the difficulties? 3. What are the possible solutions to the difficulties? IV. The scope of the study students’ pronunciation ability and so on Unfortunately, this is not only the situation at my university but also the case for many other colleges and universilics in Vicltarn.
My desire is to conduct a research in order to find out the difficulties encountered by second year students of English at TUAF in producing the English consonant sounds: /0/, /ð/, /ƒ, /3/, Aff, /đ3/ as well as to explore the causes of the difficulty and some proposal approaches to improve traching and tcarning some English consonant sounds at TUAF and then help my students dealing with the pronmeiation’s difficulties. Objectives of the study With the necessily of pronunciation teaching and learning above and the rteatily of the difficulties in producing some English consonant sounds, the objectives of the research presented hare are as follows: 1. To identify difficulties in producing some English consonant sounds (0, /0/, if, /3, jf, fag’ by second year in - service English major students at 'UAF (Academic Year 2009- 2010) 2. To explore the causes of these difficulties.
To provide some possible solutions to the identified problems. It is hoped that this study makes a contribution in teaching pronunciation, especially the consonant sounds /6/, /8/ 3}, Aff, fg? to the best results in courses at TUAF in particular and to those who are in favor of improving ths student’s pronunciation and the result of ths study is considered to be useful for students of English to ideutify their difficulties in producing these English consonant sounds and to self improve their pronunciation, TH. Rescarch questions Due to limited time and knowledge, it is impossible to cover alll difficulties which the students may fice in their using English, Hence this study mainty focused on the questions thal have boon raised: 1. What are the difficulties encountered by second year students of English at TUAF in producing these English consonant sounds: 49, A0, (1/81 4 2.
What are the causes of the difficulties? 3. What are the possible solutions to the difficulties? IV. The scope of the study students’ pronunciation ability and so on Unfortunately, this is not only the situation at my university but also the case for many other colleges and universilics in Vicltarn. My desire is to conduct a research in order to find out the difficulties encountered by second year students of English at TUAF in producing the English consonant sounds: /0/, /ð/, /ƒ, /3/, Aff, /đ3/ as well as to explore the causes of the difficulty and some proposal approaches to improve traching and tcarning some English consonant sounds at TUAF and then help my students dealing with the pronmeiation’s difficulties.
Objectives of the study With the necessily of pronunciation teaching and learning above and the rteatily of the difficulties in producing some English consonant sounds, the objectives of the research presented hare are as follows: 1. To identify difficulties in producing some English consonant sounds (0, /0/, if, /3, jf, fag’ by second year in - service English major students at 'UAF (Academic Year 2009- 2010) 2. To explore the causes of these difficulties. To provide some possible solutions to the identified problems.
It is hoped that this study makes a contribution in teaching pronunciation, especially the consonant sounds /6/, /8/ 3}, Aff, fg? to the best results in courses at TUAF in particular and to those who are in favor of improving ths student’s pronunciation and the result of ths study is considered to be useful for students of English to ideutify their difficulties in producing these English consonant sounds and to self improve their pronunciation, TH. Rescarch questions Due to limited time and knowledge, it is impossible to cover alll difficulties which the students may fice in their using English, Hence this study mainty focused on the questions thal have boon raised: 1. What are the difficulties encountered by second year students of English at TUAF in producing these English consonant sounds: 49, A0, (1/81 4 2. What are the causes of the difficulties? 3.
What are the possible solutions to the difficulties? IV. The scope of the study PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT CILAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. What is pronunciation? The notion of “pronunciation” has been defined in different ways by many writers Ur (1996) affirm that “Zhe concept of “pronunciation” may be said to conduce the sounds of the language or phonology; sires and rhythm; intonation; combination of sounds; linkage of sounds’ Dalton, (1994:3) stated pronunciation can be defined “ay she production af significant sound in two senses. First, sound is significant because it is used as part of a code of a particular language.
In this sense we can talk about pronunciation as the production and reception of sounds of speech, Second, sound is significant because it is used to achieve meaning in corext of use. Here the code combines with other factors to make canmunication possible. in this sense we can talk about pronunciation with reference to acts of speaking” In Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary of curent English (1995), “pronunciation” is defined “the way in which a word ix pronounced” and the pronunciation ofa word is represented through alphabetic spelling. In this paper, the author has no intention of analyzing all definitions of pronunciation but only gives some simple definitions above that are close to the thesis.
The role of pronunciation in language leaching Nowadays pronunciation tends to be de-emphasized in language courses. Advocates of modern comprehension based or communicatively oriented language curricula generally take the view that pronmnistign should nơi be taught explicilly but. should rather be allowed to develop naturally as a by product of attempts by students to communicate. However, there has been little systematic research to discover if certain teaching practices or condition of training can have positive cflecls on pronunciation, Haneo, we have no firm basis for asscrting calogorically that pronunciation is not teachable or that 1s not worth spending time on pronunciation training in a language course.
New ways of teaching pronmciation are still developed and tested, then there still a need for careful experimentation Lo determination and cfeetivencss of methods. PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT CILAPTER ONE: LITERATURE REVIEW 1. What is pronunciation? The notion of “pronunciation” has been defined in different ways by many writers Ur (1996) affirm that “Zhe concept of “pronunciation” may be said to conduce the sounds of the language or phonology; sires and rhythm; intonation; combination of sounds; linkage of sounds’ Dalton, (1994:3) stated pronunciation can be defined “ay she production af significant sound in two senses. First, sound is significant because it is used as part of a code of a particular language.
In this sense we can talk about pronunciation as the production and reception of sounds of speech, Second, sound is significant because it is used to achieve meaning in corext of use. Here the code combines with other factors to make canmunication possible. in this sense we can talk about pronunciation with reference to acts of speaking” In Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary of curent English (1995), “pronunciation” is defined “the way in which a word ix pronounced” and the pronunciation ofa word is represented through alphabetic spelling. In this paper, the author has no intention of analyzing all definitions of pronunciation but only gives some simple definitions above that are close to the thesis.
The role of pronunciation in language leaching Nowadays pronunciation tends to be de-emphasized in language courses. Advocates of modern comprehension based or communicatively oriented language curricula generally take the view that pronmnistign should nơi be taught explicilly but. should rather be allowed to develop naturally as a by product of attempts by students to communicate. However, there has been little systematic research to discover if certain teaching practices or condition of training can have positive cflecls on pronunciation, Haneo, we have no firm basis for asscrting calogorically that pronunciation is not teachable or that 1s not worth spending time on pronunciation training in a language course.