%0 Journal Article
%T The English () and () Vowel Sounds as Fossilized Pronunciation Errors for the Turkish Teachers of English and Solutions to the Problem
%A Mehmet DEM£¿REZEN
%J Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
%D 2006
%I Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
%X The Fossilized pronunciation errors constitute a great problem in the mastery of L2in second or foreign language learning and teaching (Odlin 1989; Demirezen, 2003;Demirezen, 2004; Johnson, 2001). One of such errors, which is committed by a greatmajority of Turkish teachers of English and student teachers, is the acquisition of    ¨¢ ¨ª and   ¦Ì ¨ª vowel sounds of the English language. There has been no specific material or lessonplan encountered so far in the literature to rehabilitate the pronunciation difficulty, createdby    ¨¢ ¨ª and    ¦Ì ¨ª vowel sounds of the English language. Therefore, this article aims toprovide pronunciation teaching material and a sample lesson on two difficult sounds forTurks, like    ¨¢ ¨ª and    ¦Ì ¨ª, to the Turkish teachers-on-the-job and student teachers ofEnglish.
%U http://www.jlls.org/Issues/Volume%202/No.2/mdemirezen.pdf