The Development of the Pronunciation of English Final Consonants of Students According to Phonetics

Abstract

The objectives of this study were : 1) to study students achievement of teaching English final consonants pronunciation using phonetic principles ; and 2) to investigate the effect of teaching English final consonants pronunciation by using phonetics. The sample consisted of second - year students in the Faculty of Education, English Program. The samples were collected from 50 students from Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University. The study were tests of the pronunciation of English final consonants (fricatives ; / f / , / v / , / θ / , / ð / , / s / , / z / , / ʃ / , / ʒ / , / h / ) , (lateral ; / l / ) ; and (tap ; / r / ). The data were analyzed using percentages to explain the results of the final consonant pronunciation development of the students and the t - test in the study. The study results can be summarized as follows : 1)84% of the students passed the pronunciation test of the  pronunciation of English final consonants (fricatives , laterals) ; and 96% of the students passed the pronunciation test of the pronunciation of English final consonants (tap). 2). After students learn to pronounce English final consonants according to phonetics, the students' learning achievement after learning was higher than before.