UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

ESCUELA DE IDIOMAS

TOPIC: FACTORS THAT AFFECT PRONUNCIATION LEARNING.

SUBAJECT : METHODOLOGY I.

NAMES: DAVID BUÑAY.

MAYRA QUIROZ.

JOJAIRA HERNANDEZ.

GISELL LEMA.

PATRICIA TOTOY.

COURSE: FIFTH SEMESTER.

FACTORS THAT AFFECT PRONUNCIATION LEARNING

Pronunciation plays a very important role in communication for your students to communicate

effectively, they must speak clearly and make themselves understood. Sometimes simply using the

right vocabulary and structures is not enough. Now, why is it that some students do better at acquiring the proper

pronunciation than others? Here are the factors that could possibly answer this question.

LINGUISTICS VARIABLES

The difficulty depends on how different their native language is from English. For example, English is a stressed language; Spanish is a syllabic language; Chinese is a tonal language.

Phonemes are different in each, as well as the way the mouth, teeth and tongue are used. Your students may have difficulty articulating some sounds because they simply do not exist in their native language, sounds like the “th”.

THE AGE FACTOR

AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE• Living in the right enviroment can help to improve our

pronunciation.

PHONETIC ABILITY

That ESL students who live in English-speaking environment acquire better pronunciation faster because they are immersed in the language. But not all ESL students are immersed in an English-speaking environment. The degree to which they are exposed to English on a daily basis will determine how fast they’ll be able to improve their pronunciation

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ATTITUDE AND IDENTITY

Research and studies consistently show that ESL students with a positive attitude towards learning English learn faster. By the same token, students who are genuinely open-minded and interested in improving their pronunciation often do improve it. It is truly amazing what the right attitude can do.

MOTIVATION AND CONCER FOR GOOD PRONUNCIATION

• When were are motivated we learn better than those who show no interest.

CLASS ATMOSPHERE

• Helping students relax and interact is one of the most important ascpects of clasroom management.

AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRIOR INSTRUCTIONS

• "In EFL settings, instruction may have taken the form of repetition drills led by a teacher whose own pronunciation differs from the target norm.  Alternatively, in an ESL multi-skills class, pronunciation may not have been explicitly dealt with at all, and students may  not have been fully aware of their pronunciation problems." 

INSTITUTIONAL VARIABLES

The pronunciation on the student will depend on the teacher and the materials used for training them.

Institutional variables (teachers' instructional and educational experiences, focus of curriculum, availability of pronunciation materials, class size, availability of equipment).

METHODOLOGICAL VARIABLES

• As a rule teachers should focus on suprasegmental and segmental features keeping in mind that the mind objective is to communicate clearly.