Proceedings of the 6th World Conference on Education and Teaching
Year: 2024
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The Influence of Mother Tongue on English Pronunciation While Acquiring English as a Second Language
Mawaddah Mohammed Taefi
ABSTRACT:
The aim of this study is to investigate the role of mother tongue on English pronunciation during second language acquisition. Many people face issues while acquiring English as a second language. These issues can be divided into two main categories: the impact of mother tongue on L2 and ineffective teaching approaches. This study focuses on the first category which means the influence of the native language of the learner on their acquisition of the target language. The researcher uses a mixed method in the present study and the researcher asked the participants to record their voices while pronouncing certain vowels and consonants. After that, the data will be collected and analysed from audio recording based on the IPA system. There are 40 participants including 20 females and 20 males from three different nationalities (Saudi, Mexican, Turkish and Filipino). Their ages are between 20-50 and their English proficiency level is intermediate. For both male and female participants, the percentage of misperceptions made by Saudi speakers was 41%, but the misperceptions for Turkish speakers was 52%. In Addition, the lowest percentage of mispronunciations made by Mexican both male and female participants, 26% because of their English proficiency level. Finally, 34% of the participants, both male and female, were Filipino speakers who made mistakes.
keywords: Mother Tongue Interference – Pronunciation – Second Language – International Phonetic Alphabet