Causes And Complications Of The English Language

INTRODUCTION

Language is a meaning of communication in everyday life. Most people have little regard of the speaking ability as significant as linguists do. They take it for granted and think that speaking and understanding is only as natural as breathing. So, a big number of English learners are shocked whenever they need to deal with difficulties in oral communication. Among many other factors, the most important is phonetics, which could weaken the learner’s confidence both in speaking and listening. Observations that limited pronunciation skills can undermine learner’s self-confidence, restrict social interaction, and negatively influence estimations of a speaker’s credibility and abilities are not new (Morley,1998). The ability of speaking English includes the correctness of pronunciation and intonation and could directly affect the appropriate communication in conversation. This paper explores some factors influencing English pronunciation from the causes and then provides some activity suggestions in ESL class.

1. LINGUISTIC PROBLEM

1.1 Mother Tongue and Accent

The first cause which can lead to the occurency of phonetics problems among ESL learners is the mother tongue itself. Students who are learning English as second language would try their best to speak English most of their time in order to master it. They use English in their daily basis and reduce the usage of their native language. However, they will still communicate using their