The Role of  Phonetics in Improving Pronunciation Skills in Second Language Acquisition

Naila Alzahwa; Indi Hanifah Ramadani Siregar

The Role of Phonetics in Improving Pronunciation Skills in Second Language Acquisition

Authors

Naila Alzahwa Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara
Indi Hanifah Ramadani Siregar

Keywords:

accents, second language, listening comprehension, experimental study.

Abstract

The Phonetics play a vital role in improving Pronunciation in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) process. Phonetics is the scientific study of spoken language where it provides an analysis of spoken language.

It is the branch where the phonological processes of the language are studied. It is a part of phonological analysis that enables the second language learners to master the pronunciation process.