HOW TO OVERCOME ENGLISH PROBLEM SOUNDS IN INDIAN CONTEXT

Abstract

It is crystal clear that English has become lingua franca of the people of this globe. But it is always difficult for the non-native speakers of English to pronounce some of the English words since there is no direct correspondence between the letters in a word and the sounds they produce. It is because English language is not a phonetic language. Most of the languages spoken all over the world are phonetic languages. Thus, when the non-native speakers of English use the language in their oral communication, they mispronounce some of the English words. In this research paper the authors have brought into light what they have observed about the mispronunciation of some English sounds and words by Indian speakers and how regional languages influence the process of foreign language learning and how those regional languages have become barriers in pronouncing the English sounds with correct pronunciation. Most of the times the non-native speakers tend to speak certain sounds by guessing its pronunciation basing on the sounds of their mother tongues. Hence it results in mispronunciation of many words with the same spelling structure. They have tried to give certain suggestions and recommendations as to overcome the English sounds which create problems while pronouncing.