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Title AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MISPRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH MADE BY SHINA SPEAKING TEACHERS AT SECONDARY LEVEL IN GILGIT BALTISTAN

Author(s) ABDUL WAHAB

Abstract The present study focused on the mispronunciation made by the Shina speaking secondary school teachers in Gilgit-Baltistan. It aimed first to highlight the most common errors in pronunciation made by the SSTs. Secondly, it identified the reasons for the errors that occur in the pronunciation during teaching process. Finally, it has given remedial measures to overcome the errors and to help them become better speakers of the English language. For the current research quantitative as well as qualitative approach was adopted. Descriptive method was applied. The sample population consisted of 25 Shina speaking secondary school teachers. Random sampling technique was applied to select the sample. An oral pronunciation test as a research tool was constructed to collect the data through video recordings. The data was analyzed statistically and descriptively. The results revealed that the SSTs have made huge amount of errors in pronunciation of the target sounds e.g. “/g/, /ch/, /th/, /ʒ/ and, /r/” in particular, the silent letters and inconsistent sounds and spellings in general. The results revealed that the complexity of the sound system, unawareness regarding the fundamental rules, complex orthography, lack of opportunity, small amount of exposure, negligence towards practice, unavailability of proper resources and lack of training regarding pronunciation are the root causes of mispronunciation. Finally, it is suggested that teacher training relevant to the pronunciation should be made essential part of the curriculum. Native models, large variety of pronunciation soft wares, movie clips, phonetic videos and digital dictionaries must be stalked inside the classrooms as well as in language laboratories. So that, the teachers may be well equipped in pronunciation skills. Moreover, focusing on the observed errors and keeping on practice can help the SSTs to improve their pronunciation performance.

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Publication Date 2019-06-14

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