International Journal Review : LEARNER PERSPECTIVE ON ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION TEACHING IN AN EFL CONTEXT (PART 2)

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From part one, there is the content of the Introduction of the research journal. Today, in this blog, I will tell you about the Present Study (research) about the journal of LEARNER PERSPECTIVE ON ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION TEACHING IN AN EFL CONTEXT.

The researcher (Elina Tergujeff) do the research from the public educational system in Finland and the participants are the student a from Primary, Lower Secondary, and Upper Secondary, to see about their ability when speaking and pronunciation in English. The student of the present study were EFL learners. Two students from Primary school class four, aged 10. Six students from Lower Secondary school class nine, i.e 15-16 year-old. And two from Upper Secondary, aged 18.

participant	level	school
Maria	primary	A
Hanna	primary	A
Anna	lower secondary	B
Lisa	lower secondary	B
Emma	lower secondary	B
Selma	lower secondary	B
Valtteri	lower secondary	B
Lassi	lower secondary	B*
Suvi	upper secondary	C
Linda	upper secondary	C

 Table 1. Participant information

From table 1, we can see that the participant is from a different school and one of them (B*) who has studied English in special ways and separated teacher (course). To answer the research, the researcher does an interview with the participants. The student released for pronunciation in English, then the student asked and discuss their pronunciation goals in English, afterwards evaluate the student's pronunciation out of class. The interviews took place at the learner's school, at the researcher's institution, and also at home, especially for the youngest interviewee (Primary). 

The interviews use audio-recorded and transcribed or textbook. The content analysis identify six categories, there are (1) pronunciation goals, (2) pronunciation exercies in textbook, (3) pronunciation teaching practices, (4) pronunciation models, (5) amount of pronunciation teaching, and (6) pronunciation learning.

Thanks before to read my second explanation about the journal, I hope may usefull for us ❤️