Views of the teachers regarding the students’ poor pronunciation in English language

Abstract

In fact correct pronunciation of any language gives very good impression to the listener and it is important in learning of alanguage. English is a language of international communication and it is the only widely spoken language in the world. It is a matter ofgreat concern that the performance of our students in English pronunciation is very dismal. The study was designed to know the views ofthe teachers regarding the students’ poor pronunciation. Population of the study was all government schools English teachers atsecondary level in district Bannu. 100 English teachers at secondary level from different school of Bannu constituted sample of thestudy. Simple percentage was used as a statistical test for analysis of data. Results of the study revealed that our teachers have noknowledge of phonetics and phonology, we have limited institutions of teaching English as a language, and teachers do not use A.V aidsduring their English classes. It was recommended that teachers may be given proper training in pronunciation especially in Phoneticsand Phonology; Special institution may be established across the country which teache English as subject such as NUML and teachersmay be motivated to use different language equipments during their classes.