Wednesday 8 May 2013

Reasons of different pronunciations of English in Pakistan and their solutions


Reasons of different pronunciations in Pakistan and their solution
Where there is a problem, there is a factor of it as well. Just like the problems, there are many factors of mispronunciation too. Under are some of the factors of different pronunciations.

(I)            Education System
The education system of Pakistan is the basic factor of mispronunciation among Pakistani students and sub-standard schooling as well as many other problems existing in our country. There are schools which educate their students very properly, but they are few in number .On the other hand, there are many academic institutions which provide sub-standard education. Therefore the basic problem is the dual education system which privileges some students and others remains deprived.
(II)           Untrained and Unqualified Teachers
 As it is an open secret that there are shortcomings in our education system, they recruit teachers who are not qualified enough to teach. Now there is no chance for the students to learn correctly. When the teachers themselves would not be aware of the correct phonetics, how could they teach their students? Now it is obvious that they are going to transfer poor and wrong pronunciation to the students.
(III)          Transliteration
Since Urdu  Punjabi ,Pushto,Sindhi and Baluchi languages are used as the mother-tongue, people are in the habit of using  sounds of these languages. This repetition of pronouncing English sounds in their own style consolidates the mispronunciation.
(IV)         Impact of Regional Language
Students belonging to different provinces have the strong impact of their regional language as Urdu . Punjabi, Pashto  ,Sindhi or Baluchi speakers have, they while pronouncing leave their regional impact on words which is a problem and can cause mispronunciation.
(V)          IT and Electronic Media
According to the social learning theory, a person learns from its surrounding. What he watches and observes, he imitates it. The same situation applies in case of learning pronunciation. IT and Media is undoubtedly a great source of learning. Watching movies, playing games and listening to songs are common hobbies of students, and many students watch movies and listen to songs to improve their English. If the media use wrong pronunciation the hearer will definitely learn the same. In Information Technology words are miswritten so they are copied wrongly

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  1. I am blessed to learn this piece of information here from you, and I am sure this might be beneficial for many of the seekers. Keep writing.
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