The impact of the beni-safian Mother Tongueon pupils english sounds pronunciation : The case of foreign languages pupils at ben aissa attar secondary school

Abstract

Abstract. III Each person, each native Beni-Safian pupil or English learner has the right to pronounce English language’s sounds correctly, and accurately, to reinforce his sounds’ output and to reach his purpose of becoming a fluent speaker of the English language, but the growing impact of the Beni-Safian mother tongue on pupils’ English pronunciation has contributed to rising the degree, and increasing the number of mispronounced sounds that native Beni-Safian learners encounter as a barrier of carrying on that objective. The possible explanation for the aforementioned issue is more likely to refer to the impact of the dialect as previous researchers have primarily confirmed the theory that each new learner of any foreign language is more likely to rely, and refer to their mother tongue. This research study focuses on the impact of the Beni-Safian mother tongue on pupils’ English sounds’ pronunciation by using Ben Aissa Attar secondary school pupils of Foreign Languages as the sample population of the study. For validity and reliability reasons, three research tools were used in this mixed model which is quantitative and qualitative study: A questionnaire for pupils, another one for high school teachers and an audio-recording interview. The study findings revealed that the majority of pupils mispronounced English sounds, and the reason was the impact of their mother tongue