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How Does Arabic Influence

Pronunciation of English ?

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Consonants

American English 12-18

Standard Arabic 3:3 + 2

American English 20

Standard Arabic 27-28

Vowels

Arabic consonants rule!

writing k t b Writer ka ttaa b Letter mak too b he writes it yak tu buh

English vowels rule!

bike bake book buck beak back Bic balk Bach

Arabic Breaks in sound can occur within words

glottal stop

ENGLISH Breaks in sound separate

phrases

liaisons are syntactic C > V most common

L1 stress patterns persist

Do Lebanese, Tunisians, Algerians, and Jordanians have fewer pronunciation

problems than other Arabic speakers?

Saudi: p/b Egyptian: th/s

coat, cot, caught, cut

How can we help learners become aware of these?

How do we help students truly acquire them?

g-dz ʧ h vowel +r

th-t-d ŋ

What works best to master unfamiliar

sounds?

Why do these words get shortened?

raid > red

hope > hop

prove - proof pad - bad lag - lack

How can we help students learn to differentiate these

sounds?

Bill Clinton Beel Cleentone

Pronouncing English Names

arrangid - arranged istobbid - stopped

iskool - school zbeag - speak

Why does this happen, and what’s the solution?

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