English Teachers’ Strategies To Work With The Phonetic Interference Of Spanish Language On English Language Learning In Students Of Esmeraldas City.
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Date
2021-05-20
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Ecuador - PUCESE – Maestría en Pedagogía del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera
Abstract
To analyze the strategies that English teachers use to work with the phonetic interference of the Spanish language on English learning with the purpose of helping students to improve English skills while they are learning it as a new language, an explorative-qualitative-quantitative research was carried out to some English teachers of different levels from some educational institutions in the year 2020. The population and the sample consisted of 36 English teachers of Esmeraldas city. The methods of investigation used were analysis and synthesis, the hermeneutic method was applied to analize the information have got and the technique used was the survey. The results showed that teachers said that their students had the Spanish phonetic interference especially in TH/Ɵ/, S/s/, A/æ/ sounds. Teachers mentioned that the strategies they use to work with phonetic interference of the Spanish language on English learning were to correct students in a general way, to listening and repeating the words several times. In addition, usually they used native speakers’ audios in their classes to work with the interference of the Spanish language on English learning because they want to develop it properly.
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Tesis previa obtención del título de Magister en Pedagogía del Inglés como Lengua Extranjera
Keywords
Phonetic interference, strategies, the Spanish language, English learning, sounds.
Citation
ART.030