Language Research

A Review of Phonemic Awareness Role in Reducing Vowel Errors of English Language Learners Based on Cognitive Phonology Approach

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Nahid Khosravi 1
Maryam Iraji 2
Bahram Modaresi 3

1 Ph.D. Candidate in limguistics. Islamic Azad University, Faculty of foreign languages, Tehran brach, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant professor of Islamic Azad University Faculty of foreign languages. Central Tehran Branch, Director of the Department of linguistics and Armanian languages, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant professor, Islamic Azad University Faculty of foreign languages, central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2024.370548.666874
Abstract
 
Phonology is the study of phonemic system in language and our perception of phonemic production in learning is noticeable cognitively and phonologically.phonemic awareness is a background for language skills such as reading, writing and spelling during school and the next year stages. In the stages of second language acquisition, phonemic awareness should be strengthened more than before.  The existence of a processing system is essential for phonemic skills. According to the Fraser's Cognitive phonology framework 2010, the pronunciation problems are basically conceptual. phonemes are representation of abstract concepts and a background knowledge is necessary for their interpretation to associate them with the verbal method.   Abstract phonological schemas should be perceived as a conceptual system and be related to the real world ,therefore we can achieve some linguistic improvments in other area of language by phonemic awareness skills. In this research investigating  vocalic errors using the field method through a questionnaire and audio recording by text reading of students in two classes of 10 persons was done in two tests. The research methodology is descriptive and analytical. The statistical population of the research is among 80 students from Tehran University of applied sciences ,using SPSS software and Cronbach's AFFA. The results show that phonemic awareness and meaningful communicational base is as an important basis in second language learning in cognitive approach point of view

Keywords

Second language acquisition
Phonemic awareness
Cognitive Phonology
Phonemic representation
Vowel errors
Subjects
 
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  • Receive Date 03 January 2024
  • Revise Date 02 March 2024
  • Accept Date 21 July 2024

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