The Superiority and the History of English Language Pronunciation Teaching

In fact, pronunciation in language learning is the production and perception of the significant sounds of a particular language in order to achieve meaning in contexts of language use. Pronunciation is the most important and difficult problem that non-native English speakers have to face when studying English. Improper pronunciation can lead to negative impression, misunderstanding and ineffective communication. This study provides a brief summary on the history of English pronunciation teaching, and tries to present some practical questions most prevalent in the study of ESL especially in pronunciation teaching. We try to reveal some reasons in the superiority and the importance of pronunciation teaching and also, we suggest some practical ways in pronunciation teaching at the end of this paper.

Keyword: Pronunciation, Superiority, L2= second language, ESL= English as a second language; EFL= English as a foreign language.