1. TOPIC : PHONOLOGY
NORHIDAYU ROSMAN

2. QUESTION
2. Non-native speakers of English (NNS) often
have problems with pronunciation. Discuss
the problems areas and suggest ways to
overcome these problems identified. Provide
relevant examples to illustrate your answer.

3. PROBLEM 1 :
PRONUNCIATION

4. Incorrectly learning the pronunciation of
English, either by transferring the phonological rules
from their mother tongue into their English speech
or through implementing strategies similar to those
used in primary language acquirement.
Create innovative pronunciations for English sounds
which cannot be found in the speaker’s first
language.
Example : The Japanese do not have the sound of ‘r’
in their language. Thus, they have to use an
alternative sound which available in their language
according to their convenience. As they pronounced
the sound ‘r’, they pronounce ‘l’ sound.

5. HOW TO OVERCOME IT?
E.g : MOE had conducted a
Native Speaker Program which
Learn how to pronounce the
bring in the native English
words correctly from the
speakers to each schools in
native speakers
order to teach the non-native
English speaker of the school

6. PROBLEM 2 :
ACCENT

7. Strong accent sometimes
Include their first language makes the listeners cannot
accent as they speak English understand the words that
they are saying
E.g : Malay English teachers
who use Malay language as
Strong accent could diminish
their first language have the
the understanding of some
possibility to speak English
words
language with a strong
Malay accent.

8. HOW TO OVERCOME IT?
Result : listeners could
understand the English
Speak the words slowly in
words even though our
order to make it sounds clear
accent was influenced
for the listeners
strongly in those English
words

9. PROBLEM 3 :
GRAMMAR

10. E.g :
Can not
English grammar is In Malay
understand on how
totally different sentence, we
the English
from ‘Malay cannot use the
language really
grammar’ plural verb with
works
the plural subject.

11. HOW TO OVERCOME IT?
Ask helps from any native E.g : As the teacher in
speakers who could school has become a
correct us in case we are native English speaker, we
using the wrong grammar could ask help from that
as we stated a sentence teacher

12. PROBLEM 4 :
FLUENCY

13. E.g :
tendency to
Lack of make
Used to talk
confidence to mistakes
in native
speak that make the
language
language non-native
speakers
afraid to talk

14. HOW TO OVERCOME IT?
Non-native speakers E.g : Practices using
could practice very cassettes, or tapes
hard as practice and listen to those
makes perfect things frequently

15. THE END