A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION INTO EFL PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AND THE EVALUATION OF THEIR PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES
A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION INTO EFL PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION AND THE EVALUATION OF THEIR PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS, PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to investigate EFL pre-service teachers’ perceptions toward English pronunciation and pronunciation teaching, their phonological awareness, difficulties and problems regarding English pronunciation. The study was conducted using qualitative research design and a semi-structured interview format. 6 EFL pre-service teachers participated in the study. The participants received pronunciation training before conducting semistructured interviews. This allowed them to develop certain ideas regarding English pronunciation and its teaching. The syllabus of the instruction included the teaching of segmental and suprasegmental features of English. After pronunciation teaching procedure was completed, the qualitative data were collected through interviewing the participants. The results revealed that EFL pre-service teachers had generally positive attitudes toward pronunciation. Also, it was found that they had certain difficulties and problems in English pronunciation at the segmental level and suprasegmental level such as intonation, stress and rhythm which are different phonological patterns from Turkish pronunciation.

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