%0 Journal Article
%T The () and () Contrast as a Fossilized Pronunciation Error of Turkish Learners of English and Solutions to the Problem
%A Murat Hi£żmano£żlu
%J Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
%D 2007
%I Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
%X The acquisition of [   : ] and [      ] vowel sounds of the English languageconstitutes a serious problem for Turkish learners of English. There are nopedagogically-developed specific materials or sample lesson plans in the literature toremedy the pronunciation difficulty brought about by [   : ] and [      ] vowel sounds ofthe English language. Therefore, this article aims at providing Turkish learners ofEnglish with pronunciation teaching material and a sample lesson on two problemcausing sounds like [   : ] and [      ] by using the audio-articulation method developedby Demirezen (2003, 2004).
%K fossilized pronunciation error
%K audio-articulation method
%K minimal pairs
%K contextual clue exercises
%K teacher training
%U http://www.jlls.org/Issues/Volume%203/No.1/mhismanoglu.pdf