Journal of English Language Teaching

Identifying and Treating Mispronounced Front Vowel Sounds Through Pronunciation Activities: A Case Study of Students with Gujarati Mother Tongue

Mamta Pillai

Indus University, Ahmedabad

Keywords: Front Vowel Sounds, Mispronunciation, pronunciation activities

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Abstract

The present research aims to detect the front vowels which are wrongly pronounced by students with Gujarati as their L1. It also takes into account the replacements made by these students while speaking English and proposes an activity based teaching of pronunciation to correct the mispronounced front vowels. The results of this experimental procedure are presented in this research paper wherein special efforts have been made to dwell into the nature of phonetic learning or their neglect.

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