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THE IMPACT OF BANGLA REGIONAL DIALECT ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH AT TERTIARY LEVEL
Corresponding Author(s) : Sushmita Rani
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2020): March
Abstract
Purpose of the study: The aim is to reveal the effects of Bangla regional dialects on English pronunciation at the tertiary level in Bangladesh.
Methodology: This research paper is conducted by quantitative data analysis where the independent variable is Regional Dialect and the dependent variable is English Pronunciation. The instruments used here are flashcards with 5 problematic phonemes by using an audiovisual recording. Analysis has been done with the help of MS Excel 2013. 18 students from 6 major divisions of Bangladesh have been selected to have more concrete results to find the specific quandaries of regional dialects of Bangladesh. Their pronunciation has been video recorded and transcribed for further analysis by the researchers to achieve the results.
Results: The results reveal that the tertiary level students of the Bangla medium of Bangladesh have various drawbacks in their pronunciation and this study aims to investigate the troubles followed by recommendations to improve. It is not studied before in more concrete form using statistical packages.
Implication: The ELT practitioners of Bangladesh can find new solutions to the distinct problems identified in this research paper because of the influence of regional dialects of various divisions and they can incorporate the rectified idea in the field of ELT curriculum for the further development.
Novelty/Originality: This work has been done by using audiovisual equipment for the collection of Data and the result has been interpreted by the researchers in a new dimensional way with the help of descriptive statistics. The problems identified here are distinct from previous work by incorporating comparative study among all the regional dialects of 6 divisions in Bangladesh. The results have been measured by MS Excel 2013 which answers more explicitly by inculcating accuracy and error count of their pronunciation where it has been revealed that specific regional dialects actually possess a powerful influence upon their English pronunciation of some learners from particular divisions.
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Birdsong, D. (1999). Introduction: Whys and why nots of the Critical Period Hypothesis. In D. Birdsong (Ed.), Second language acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis, pp. 1–22. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410601667 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410601667
Cheshire, J. (2007). Dialect and education: Responses from sociolinguistics. In Papapavou, A. and Pavlos, P. (Eds). (2007). Sociolinguistics and pedagogical dimensions of dialect in education (14-33). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ellis, Rod. (1985). Understanding Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Fasold, R. W. (1971).What can an English teacher do about nonstandard dialect. Education Resources Information Centre, 21(4), 82-91.
Flege, J. E. (1988). Factors affecting degree of perceived foreign accent in English sentences. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 84(1), 70-79. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.396876 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.396876
Flege, J. E., Yeni-Komshian, G. H., & Liu, S. (1999). Age constraints on Second Language Acquisition, 78 –104, Journal of Memory and Language. https://doi.org/10.1006/jmla.1999.2638 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jmla.1999.2638
Hahne, A., &Friederici, A. D. (2001). Processing a second language: Late learners’ comprehension mechanisms as revealed by event-related brain potentials. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 4, 123–141. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728901000232 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728901000232
Harmer, Jeremy. (2001) The Practice of English Language Teaching. Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited. https://doi.org/10.1177/003368820103200109 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/003368820103200109
Holmes, J. (2001). An introduction to Sociolinguistics. Malaysia: Pearson Education Limited.
Hoque, M. A. (2010). The influence of the local varieties on the sound patterns of English: a case study of Bangladeshi tertiary students. IIUC STUDIES, 7, 197-220. https://doi.org/10.3329/iiucs.v7i0.12268 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/iiucs.v7i0.12268
Hoque, M. A. (2011). Problems of pronunciation for the Chittagonian learners of English: a case study. Journal of Education and Practice, 2(6), 1-9. http://www.iiste.org
Hoque,M.A. (2009) Problems of Pronunciation for the Chittagonian Learners of English: A Case Study. European Journal of Education and Learning, 7, 8-34.
Jenkins, J. (2009). World Englishes. Milton Park, Abingdon: Routledge
Kachru, B.B. (1986). The Alchemy of English: the spread, functions, and models of nonnative Englishes. Oxford, NY: Pergamon Press.
McCardle P., Scarborough H. S., Catts H. W. (2001). Predicting, explaining, and preventing children's reading difficulties. Learn. Disabil. Res. Pract. 16, 230–239. https://doi.org/10.1111/0938-8982.00023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/0938-8982.00023
Njoroge, C. (2000). Factors affecting availability, acquisitions and utilization of resources in the teaching of English in selected Kernyan secondary schools, Kenyatta University.
Richards, J.C., Platt, J., & Weber, H. (1987). Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics. London: Longman Publishing Group UK Limited.
Richards, Jack C., & Rodgers, Theodore. (1991). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ronald W. (2010). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. (6th Ed.). U.K: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 23.
Rosenberg, P. (1989). Dialect and education in West Germany. In Cheshire et al.,(Eds). (1989). Dialect and education: Some European perspectives (62-93). Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Sailzmann,Z.(2007). Language, Culture and society (Fourth edition). USA: West view Press.
Shuchi, S. (2013, November). The Effect of Bangla Dialect on English Language Teaching: Teachers‟ Perspective and Attitudes.
Trudgill, P. (1999), Standard English: What it isn’t. The European English Messenger, V. 7, No. 2, pp. 34-39.
Varshney L, R (1985). An Introductory Textbook of Linguistics & Phonetics. Dhaka: Bangladesh. BOC Ltd.
Wardhaugh, R. (2006). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (6th ed). Cambridge: Blackwell Black well Publishing Ltd.
Wardhaugh, R.(2010). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishers Ltd
Yule, George. (1985). The Study of Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.