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How Does ArabicInfluence

Pronunciation

of English ?

Where do we speak

from?

?

?

Which is Arabic and

which is English?

How do their

“building materials”

compare?

Consonants

American English

12-18

Standard Arabic

3:3 + 2

American English

20

Standard Arabic

27-28

Vowels

Which of the following is

Arabic?

Which is English?

A major difference that

affects the sound and

flow of the two languages

is…

Arabic

consonants rule!

writing k t b

Writer ka ttaa b

Letter mak too b

he writes it yak tu buh

HOWEVER

English

vowels rule!

bike bake book

buck beak back

Bic balk Bach

Another difference that

affects flow is where we

break…

Arabic Breaks in sound

can occur within words

and between words

glottal stops

ENGLISH Breaks

mostly to establish

phrasing

liaisons are usually

syntactic connections

L1 stress

patterns persist

because of lack of

awareness

Do Lebanese, Tunisians,

Algerians, and Jordanians

have fewer pronunciation

problems than other Arabic

speakers?

Saudi: p/b Egyptian: th/s

coat, cot, caught, cut

How can we help learners

become aware of these?

How do we help students

truly acquire them?

g-dz ʧ h

vowel +r

th-t-d ŋ

What works best to

master unfamiliar

sounds?

Why do these words get

shortened?

raid > red

hope > hop

prove - proof

pad - bad

lag - lack

How can we help students

learn to differentiate these

sounds?

Bill Clinton

Beel Cleentone

Pronouncing

English Names

arrangid - arranged

istobbid - stopped

iskool - school

Why does this happen, and

what’s the solution?

The answers are here!

Available on Amazon.com

Much of this slidedeck is from an online presentation given to Dr. Hala’s

Educational Technology students at Yanbu University College,

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia in February 2014.

For more information:

AmericanPronunciationCoach.com

facebook.com/peggy.tharpe

linkedin.com/peggytharpe

Dr. Hala’s class page

http://edyyuc132vpresentation.pbworks.com/w/page/75154106/FrontPage