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Arab EFL Learner Perceptions of English Phonemes: A Cross-Language Phonetic Interference
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Al-Kinany, Taif; Al-Abri, Abdullah; Ambusaidi, Hafid – English Language Teaching, 2022
The extant studies addressing second language phonetic perception assume that second language phonemes are perceived to be similar to first language phonemes, and tend to be substituted by learners of English as a foreign language. This study aimed to assess the perceptual relationship between the phonemes of English and the sound units of Omani…
Descriptors: Arabs, Phonemes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Learning to Hear by Learning to Speak: The Effect of Articulatory Training on Arab Learners' English Phonemic Discrimination
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Linebaugh, Gary; Roche, Thomas – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2013
In this paper we explore English pronunciation teaching within an English as an International Language (EIL) framework, arguing that teaching learners how to produce English phonemes can lead to an improvement in their aural ability. English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners often have difficulty discriminating between and producing…
Descriptors: Arabs, Articulation (Speech), English (Second Language), Pronunciation Instruction