A Comparative study of English and Oromo segmental Phonenes wih its implications for teaching English as a foreign Language
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gamta, Dr . Tilahun | |
| dc.contributor.author | Berise, Italo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-22T08:01:33Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-05T13:47:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-22T08:01:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-05T13:47:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1988-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The ~ain ohiective of this stl1dy was to fi nd out the difficulties OrOIDO l ear ners of fn~lish ~ay have in pronouncing certajn English sounds. According to Contr3.stivd 1\nal,'sis (CJl. ) hyryothesis, in l~arninq the nron1.1nciation of a second lananaa"! "'E, tenc' to pronounce the foreirm souno.s accon"! ncr to the T)honological system of our Plother tongue , which IDaans that w ,:) replace them by th:·' nGBrGst sounds in our nat.ive lanollBoe. This i'3 so b"cause, in liste nina to t h e ·tarr"Tet lanauaqe we 'lear the for.:'.ian sounds as if th 2Y were rati ve so 1m (1..S • ell tbat a secnnrt lSrallaae learner Play find his tara,et l arauaae difficult or relativelv easy . In the realm of phonoleC'y the diffic1.,l ty of l' 'H' con" lanquaC[(, '.Japends beth on thE> sounr1s thel"selves and on their ability to combine . To verify this clai ,,, of c.i\ (~ ~pir.ically, f? native sneakers of (\romo \~ere given two tests: c]iscrimination and nroductior tests . The discrimiration test I,'as a.j.ffi<." ") a.+: findinq out the diffir::1l1ties the se sub:jec!:.s 1"ay have in Cliscril'" linatiwl" cet'.veen Fnalish sonnr.s in l~ininal nairs. '('h E'· oJ-ojectivE' Tt",c results of thi .s study revear t .Il",!:. the sl.1.bj,~cts .!pre found to be better in discri!dl1ation thcm in ')roQuction. Post , - ii - of the sounes that caused prob l ems for the subject.s wen, categories that are nOD-exi.stent i n Ororro such as /0, a, T], (£ / f oiphthonsrs and consonant. c ln5tr~rs. In SOinG cases, sounds ~,rh ich were p.asily discriminated and produced :in the ini ti a l positions '''ere found to be trouhlesome! in final p08itions. In qeneral , areas of differences between the phonemic systems of the two languages caused crreater difficulties for the s ul) je cts . | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/24267 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa Universiy | en_US |
| dc.subject | A Comparative study of English and Oromo . | en_US |
| dc.title | A Comparative study of English and Oromo segmental Phonenes wih its implications for teaching English as a foreign Language | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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