Classification of pronunciation mistakes made by efl students
The emphasized in the educational standards[101] significance of ‘effective verbal’ communication justifies the increased importance of teaching phonetics of a foreign language as the basic ‘tool’ to produce phonetically correct speech in the Higher School today. Recognizing and analyzing pronunciation mistakes of different levels (segmental and suprasegmental) can be regarded as essential skills while forming and acquiring phonological competence. Knowing the types of mistakes and their nature is the first step to eliminate them as it makes it possible for a teacher to create concrete tasks. Thus, the aim of this article is to elaborate a classification of pronunciation mistakes made by EFL students basing it on a profound analysis of scientific studies and approaches in the field of phonology, phonetics and teaching of pronunciation. Not only does the article name and explain the types of pronunciation mistakes of different levels (segmental: phonetical, phonological, suprasegmental: mistakes in prosody) and their origin, but it also signifies the existing difficulties in teaching and studying pronunciation providing the reader with vivid examples of various mistakes. This article will be of great interest both for those who teach and for those who study phonetics of English.