Abstract

The paper presents a contrastive analysis of Turkish and English with respect to their vowel systems and orthography. The author then focuses on effective ways to teach four General British (GB) vowels, /i:/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/, and /u:/, to twenty Turkish university students of English as a Foreign Language. The paper presents a practical approach to teaching the perception and production of the four vowels through a set of classroom activities. As practice shows, Turkish students experience difficulties in the recognition and pronunciation of the observed vowels, which can be mitigated using the described activities.

Details

Title
Helping Turkish EFL Learners with the Pronunciation of Four General British Vowels
Author
Şen, Serkan
Pages
145-157
Section
Articles
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts
ISSN
15818918
e-ISSN
23860316
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2305092358
Copyright
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