Role Of Phonetics In The Teaching Of English

Abstract

Pronunciation is defined as “the manner in which speech sounds, especially connected sequences are articulated by individual speakers or by speakers generally”. In the light of this definition, pronunciation seems to be closely linked to the study of phonetics which involves the scientific study and description of speech sounds. From a more technical perspective, Pennington & Richardsdefine pronunciation, according to language teachers, as follows: “For most language teachers