Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
This study is intended as an aid to the teaching of English as
a foreign (or second) language to speakers of Yoruba. Four
areas are discussed in relation to this aim:
1. the need for Nigeri an teachers who have studied the
sound system of English
2. the theoretical basis and applications of contrastive
analysis and error analysis (It is suggested that the
two can operate together to reveal a learner's problems
at the performance and competence levels respectively.)
3. the actual contrastive analysis (using Ladefoged's
prime features as criteria for compariLon and prediction)
4. the error analysis, where errors are classified and
discussed in regard to their explanation.
It is shown that the articulatory parameters which cause allophonic
variation in the native language (e.g. rate of
breath release, vocal tract tension and coarticulation) are
carried over into the pronunciation of the language being
learned, and are major factors in producing a nonstandard
accent.
a foreign (or second) language to speakers of Yoruba. Four
areas are discussed in relation to this aim:
1. the need for Nigeri an teachers who have studied the
sound system of English
2. the theoretical basis and applications of contrastive
analysis and error analysis (It is suggested that the
two can operate together to reveal a learner's problems
at the performance and competence levels respectively.)
3. the actual contrastive analysis (using Ladefoged's
prime features as criteria for compariLon and prediction)
4. the error analysis, where errors are classified and
discussed in regard to their explanation.
It is shown that the articulatory parameters which cause allophonic
variation in the native language (e.g. rate of
breath release, vocal tract tension and coarticulation) are
carried over into the pronunciation of the language being
learned, and are major factors in producing a nonstandard
accent.
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