English Pronunciation Essay

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English is an international language which is widely used by 1.5 billion which is 20% of the world’s population. (Lyons, n.d., para.4). It has become the most important language for communication throughout the world. Kirkpatrick said that people who come from different countries and speak different native languages can communicate English with one another. (as cited in Miao, 2011, p.1). English is the first language in many countries such as UK, US, Australia and etc. and the second language such as Singapore, Malaysia or India. While other countries learn English as the foreign language where the language of the community and the school is not English such as Vietnam, Japan and Thailand. In Thailand, English plays a major role although Thailand …show more content…

The research, Using Movie to Increase Students’ Pronunciation by Nawal Aufa, has proved that movie is effective in improving students’ pronunciation ability. In the research, The Effect of English Songs on English Learners Pronunciation of Zahra Farmand and Behzad Pourgharib, it has tested students about pronunciation development by using songs. The result showed that English songs had impact on language learners’ pronunciation and improve their oral production. Besides, there are some research papers which studied using media to motivate learning pronunciation. In the research, Using English Audio-Visual Media to Motivate Learning of English Pronunciation in Second-Year English Major Students at Thaksin University, it has shown that using effective teaching material, for example audio-visual media can cause good motivation for students to practice their pronunciation which leads to better pronunciation.
As seen above in previous study, most of the research papers have not studied the processes of improving English pronunciation through watching movies. Previous research studies mostly focused on the results from watching English movies but barely mentioned how the learners did for improving English pronunciation by watching movies. Therefore, the study aims 1) to identify the processes of improving

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