Lecturer Challenges in Teaching English Pronunciation

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10.2991/978-2-38476-166-1_6How to use a DOI?

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Challenge; Pronunciation; Teaching English Pronunciation

Abstract

A correct pronunciation is very important for mastering English speaking because different pronunciations can have different meanings and can lead to misunderstandings in conversation. For English department students, to help their students to be able to speak English correctly, the lecturers must have good English speaking skills. In addition, with the condition of facilities, students, and themselves, the lecturers may have challenges in teaching pronunciation in class. This paper focuses to describe the challenges might the lecturer face in teaching English pronunciation. The challenges can come from internal and external challenges. Internal challenges in teaching pronunciation such as lack of confidence, lack of knowledge and training, and pedagogical issues. Time constraints, lack of priority, and lack of teaching and material resources included in the external challenges. A pronunciation lecturer at Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat was interviewed to get the data for this research. Furthermore, the result reveals that the lecturer does not have any internal challenges. For the external challenges, it is found that the facilities are lacking and teaching and learning materials focus only on existing books. In addition, there are other challenges that come from the students’ side such as students’ low concentration and motivation and students’ ability in pronouncing word. The results of this study contribute to the literature of English language teaching in response to the conditions of English teaching pronunciation and also to improve or give more attention to better English pronunciation teaching.

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AU  - Mella Fauzia
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PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/30
TI  - Lecturer Challenges in Teaching English Pronunciation
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2022)
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EP  - 38
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