To Study of Pronunciation among the Teacher Working in Selected
Institutes
Author: -1) Mr.Pawar A.B. (M.A.M.Ed) Lecturer in English, Soniya Gandhi
Polytechnic, Shrigonda , Contact –avigsp@gmail.com
Author: -2) Mr.Alekar S.B. (M.A.B.Ed) Lecturer in English, Soniya Gandhi
Polytechnic, Shrigonda , Contact –alekar.santosh@gmail.com
Abstract:English, being an international language is widely spoken, and so in India. The role
of teacher is very important for shaping the future of students. When teacher uses English
language for teaching he /she must be careful about the pronunciation. If teacher mispronounce
of certain words then it will create misunderstanding among the students. Students also imitate
the same wrong pronunciation. The most difficult problem facing non-native teacher is
pronunciation. In order to achieve fluency many teacher overlook to the pronunciation. Many
teachers have studied grammar for many years but they are unable to pronounce the sounds of
words properly .If teacher wrongly pronounce the words, it will keep him away from effective
teaching as well as communication.
Key Words: - International language, pronunciation, non-native Teacher, sound of words
Introduction:The pronunciation includes features such as stress, rhythm, sound and intonation. The
pronunciation is also one of the major part of English language .There is distinction of vowel and
consonant between native language and English. The most of teacher while teaching in the classroom uses bilingual language .A mix use of two or more language context will interfere the
phonological system of all these languages. The native speaker of Marathi language often tend to
substitute plosive aspirates for English fricatives .They also substitute /F/ with /ph/,/Q/with
/th/,/v/with /wh/ and z with /dzh/.
There is another difference between Marathi language and English, when native
speaker of Marathi pronounce a sound /3/like in measure , pleasure and this happen because of
/3/ does not occur in Marathi. The most of native Marathi speaker of English commit mistakes
when they use past tense .The past tense /ed/ after /d/ is pronounced /ed/ and not /Id/. The
/r/sound is use at the end of word in Marathi language but it is not uttered in RP e.g. Doctor.
Many researches have been done in this topic. Therefore we find there is much
scope of research to study pronunciation among the teacher working at different level. The
following study of pronunciation among the teacher working at Soniya Gandhi Polytechnic,
Shrigonda and Kaushalaya Devi Nagawade English Medium School, Shrigonda.This will enable
us to understand the problem and we will come to the conclusion .Therefore there is a scope and
need to work on pronunciation.
Research Elaboration:For this research fifteen words are used for pronunciation. Most of these
words selected for pronunciation are used in daily usage.The five teachers selected from both
Soniya Gandhi Polytechnic, and Kaushalaya Devi Nagawade English Medium School,
Shrigonda.The scheduled interview method used for collecting the data of pronunciation.
The following words are used for pronunciation.
Sr.no
Words
Phonetic Transcription
1
Doctor
/dɒktə /
2
Police
/pəli:s/
3
Education
/ɛd3ʊ:ke:ʃən/
/ɛdjʊkeɪʃən/
4
Asked
/ɑ:skt/
5
Laughed
/lɑ:f t/
6
Poor
/pʊə/
7
Period
/ pɪərɪəd /
8
Serious
/ sɪərɪəs /
9
Zero
/zɪərəʊ/
10
Ear
/ɪə /
11
Faith
/feɪθ/
12
Except
/ɪkspɛkt/
13
Always
/ɔ:lweɪz
14
Father
/fɑðə/
15
Five
/fʌɪv /
,
Parameter for correct Pronunciation:Following four categories are decided for the percentage of correct pronunciation. The selected
institutes will comprise under these categories according to the percentage of correct
pronunciation of the teacher working in selected institutes.
Sr.no
Category
Percentage
1
Poor
0-25
2
Average
26-50
3
Good
51-75
4
Excellent
76-100
Discussion:Table no.01
Soniya Gandhi polytechnic, Teachers correct /incorrect pronunciation
Sr.no
Words
Phonetic
Correct
Incorrect
Transcription
pronunciation
pronunciation
Percentage
01
Doctor
/dɒktə /
01
04
20 %
02
Police
/pəli:s/
01
04
20 %
03
Education
/ɛd3ʊ:ke:ʃən/ , 03
02
60 %
/ɛdjʊkeɪʃən/
04
Asked
/ɑ:skt/
04
01
80 %
05
Laughed
/lɑ:f t/
04
01
80 %
06
Poor
/pʊə/
00
05
00 %
07
Period
/ pɪərɪəd /
00
05
00 %
08
Serious
/ sɪərɪəs /
04
01
80 %
09
Zero
/zɪərəʊ/
05
00
100 %
10
Ear
/ɪə /
00
05
00 %
11
Faith
/feɪθ/
00
05
00 %
12
Except
/ɪkspɛkt/
01
04
20 %
13
Always
/ɔ:lweɪz
01
04
20 %
14
Father
/fɑðə/
00
05
00 %
15
Five
/fʌɪv /
00
05
00%
1.1 Words correctly pronounced in percentage:% of correct
pronunciation
Words
0
20
40
60
80
100
6
4
0
1
3
1
The percentages of correct pronunciation are 0, 20,40,60,80 and 100. The teachers of Soniya
Gandhi polytechnic, correctly pronounced words are 6, 4, 0, 1, 3 and 01 out of fifteen words.
Table no.02
Kaushalaya Devi Nagawade English Medium School, Teachers correct /incorrect pronunciation
Sr.no
Words
Phonetic
Correct
Incorrect
Transcription
pronunciation
pronunciation
Percentage
01
Doctor
/dɒktə /
01
04
20 %
02
Police
/pəli:s/
01
04
20 %
03
Education
/ɛd3ʊ:ke:ʃən/
05
00
100 %
/ɛdjʊkeɪʃən/
04
Asked
/ɑ:skt/
05
00
100 %
05
Laughed
/lɑ:f t/
04
01
80 %
06
Poor
/pʊə/
02
03
40 %
07
Period
/ pɪərɪəd /
01
04
20 %
08
Serious
/ sɪərɪəs /
04
01
80 %
09
Zero
/zɪərəʊ/
05
00
100 %
10
Ear
/ɪə /
01
04
20 %
11
Faith
/feɪθ/
01
04
20 %
12
Except
/ɪkspɛkt/
01
04
20 %
13
Always
/ɔ:lweɪz
01
04
20 %
14
Father
/fɑðə/
02
03
40 %
15
Five
/fʌɪv /
01
04
20 %
2.1 Words correctly pronounced in percentage
% of correct
pronunciation
Words
0
20
40
60
80
100
0
8
2
0
2
3
The percentages of correct pronunciation are 0, 20,40,60,80 and 100. The teachers of,
Kaushalaya Devi Nagawade English Medium School, correctly pronounced words are 0, 8, 2, 0,
2, and 03 out of fifteen words .
120
100
80
60
SGP
KNEMS
40
20
0
Figure 1Bar Graph of correct pronunciation of S.G.P & K.N.E.M.S
Conclusion:It is observed that the teacher among selected institute pronounced each word
differently. There was variation of pronunciation among teachers .The Soniya Gandhi
Polytechnic, teachers correct pronunciations of words are 32% and incorrect pronunciations of
words 68%.The Kaushalaya Devi Nagawade English Medium School, teachers correct
pronunciations of words are 46.67% and incorrect pronunciations of words 53.34%.
According to assumed parameter both selected institutes are average in correct pronunciation
.It’s shows that there is a lot of scope in this area .There is a need of improvement of
pronunciation among the working teacher in such type of institute. Teacher are expected who
take the research findings seriously and implement it in their teaching.
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