ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS AMONG VIETNAMESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
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English pronunciation, pronunciation problems, Vietnamese learners of EnglishAbstract
In oral communication, inaccurate pronunciation or pronunciation errors may create serious consequences, such as conversational discomfort, business disruption, and negotiation failure, leading to miscommunication or, at times, regrettable occupational accidents. Unfortunately, in a number of educational institutions in Vietnam, inadequate attention has been paid to the teaching and learning of English pronunciation. This is why Vietnamese learners of English seem to have neither full awareness, and thus, nor good performance of English pronunciation. Through qualitative and quantitative data collected from an experimental survey, the study indicates that non-English majors at University of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City (UTH) encounter various pronunciation problems due to various reasons, both objective and subjective. The study also results in strategies and techniques that may be beneficial to both the lecturers and the students in teaching and learning English pronunciation at UTH in particular and in the Vietnamese contexts in general.
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