Attempts have been made in this article to make a detailed survey on the specific areas that pose difficulty for the non-native speakers of English especially while learning English pronunciation. As would be evident from the paragraphs that follow, some of the major areas that are problematic for the speakers are: disparity between letters and sounds, word accent, silent letters, assimilation and elision, accent and rhythm, oronyms, homophones and onomatopoeias. The most obvious reason for this difficulty, of course is the fact that English is not spelt phonetically. Thus, two words can share none or any or all of the spellings, pronunciations or meanings. Spoken English involves pronunciation of English. The pronunciation in actuality is the living form of a word, of which spelling is only a symbolization. Hence, words are heard and not seen. It is therefore not surprising that most of the world's over three thousand languages are spoken languages with no writing system as such. However, even in case of the languages having writing systems, there is no one to one correspondence between the letters of the alphabet and the sounds each of them produces English being an ideal example. You can buy best 2023 panerai fake watches UK here with low price and high quality. Do not miss the 1:1 UK perfect breitling replica watches. Place an order online and fast shipping. Shop around. The best Swiss iwc fake watches UK with high quality are here. Read more details if you want.
A. Vasantha Kumari
Assistant Professor of English, Government Degree College for Women, Begumpet, Hyderabad
Received: 30-08-2020, Accepted: 02-11-2020, Published Online: 19-11-2020