How Does Arabic Influence
Pronunciation of English ?
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Consonants
American English 12-18
Standard Arabic 3:3 + 2
American English 20
Standard Arabic 27-28
Vowels
Arabic consonants rule!
writing k t b Writer ka ttaa b Letter mak too b he writes it yak tu buh
English vowels rule!
bike bake book buck beak back Bic balk Bach
Arabic Breaks in sound can occur within words
glottal stop
ENGLISH Breaks in sound separate
phrases
liaisons are syntactic C > V most common
L1 stress patterns persist
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 zbeag - speak
Why does this happen, and what’s the solution?
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