An Analysis of the Pronunciation Produced by Fourth Year English Language Students at Sudanese Universities

Abstract

Abstract

The major aim of this study is to investigate the pronunciation produced

by

Sudanese EFL/ESL learners while they are speaking English. The

subjects for the study were studen

ts and teachers at Sudanese universities.

The instruments used for collecting the data were a questionnaire, an

interview, and group discussion.

The researcher found that Sudanese EFL

learners have problems when pronouncing English words, especially

with:

the sounds that are not found in their mother tongue; e.g.: /p/ and /v/

sounds, words that have consonant clusters; e.g.; /school/ and /spent/.

Vowels (diphthongs and triphthongs); e.g; the students pronounce /i/ for

/e/ as in sit, and overlapping between

English and Arabic

-

students tend

to substitute sounds that are not found in their mother tongue, e.g.: they

pronounce /b/ instead of /p/ sound

as

in the word: people.