The role of accurate pronunciation in determining intelligibility of speech

الملخص EN

If we learn a language, we must learn to produce its sounds.

The learner's ability to communicate effectively in the foreign language depends on his mastery of its sound system.

This paper is an experimental investigation of accurate pronunciation by Iraqi advanced learners.

It comprises four sections, one appendix and a bibliography.

Section one serves an introduction to the whole study.

It introduces the reader to the problem of the study.

It also includes the aims of the study, hypothesis, the procedures and the significance of the study.

Section two presents a survey of the concept of intelligibility, Factors affecting and methods used in measuring intelligibility.

Section three outlines English sound system, English vowels and it ends up with non-linguistic factors.

Section four is the experimental part of this paper.

It deals with a description of the test and outlines the student's errors have been analyzed.

The possible causes of their errors have been identified and accordingly conclusions have been drawn.