Difficulties of English Pronunciation that Facing Secondary School Students in Elrahad Locality
The current study aims to investigate difficulties of English pronunciation that facing secondary school students in ElrRahad Locality during (2023-202455). The problem of this study is that many secondary school students struggle with pronunciation. The study aimed to enhance students’ ability to communicate effectively by developing accurate pronunciation. It also aimed to develop students’ awareness of the sound system of English, enabling them to learn new words and phrases more effectively. The study used descriptive and statistical analytical approach. The researcher used two tools for data collection, a questionnaire administrated for English teachers and a test administrated for secondary school students. Data were analyzed by using statistical package for social science (SPSS) programme version 16. The main findings of this study are (82%) of the sample pointed that mother tongue interference affect on student’s pronunciation negatively (86%) of the participants agreed that the influence of spelling causes problems in pronunciation. (92%) of sample pointed that students mix up between short and long vowel sounds (86%) of participants agreed that the lack of trained teachers affect on student’s pronunciation. According to the results the study has reached; the researcher recommends the following: Pronunciation and listening must be taught as part of the curriculum to enable students recognizing the sounds of words and the perception of sound, There should be a weekly lessons well prepared to tackle the pronunciation problems that the students commit, English teachers should be aware of students with low pronunciation in order to improve their pronunciation, Finally, Experts and education leaders should reschedule a permanent workshop for high school teachers to update and qualify them in the field of pronunciation.
Keyterms: Difficulties- pronunciation – pronunciation – students – researcher – school – statistical
