Difficulties Faced by Iraqi Second Year Students in Learning Weak Forms

Authors

  • Tamara Adil Mekki College of Education for Human Sciences Ibn Rushd –University of Baghdad
  • Sammerah Mohsin Rawdhan The Open Educational College –Baghdad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v0i134.1078

Keywords:

weak forms, descriptive analytic approach, production and recognition tests

Abstract

The current study aims at investigating difficulties encountered by Iraqi second year students in learning weak forms .Thus, the descriptive analytical approach has been adopted as well as three tools have been used for gathering data relating to the study, particularly a questionnaire  production and recognition tests to second Year students of English at university of Baghdad-college of languages, department of English. The      Iraqi second year students have difficulty in Learn weak forms due to the fact of intelligibility, syllables, and stress .Besides, the undergraduates students are unable to determine the number of syllables and they are unable to distinguish between the various words classes. Finally  ,they lack stress placement and vowels reduction.

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Published

2020-09-15

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Section

English linguistics and literature

How to Cite

Adil Mekki, T., & Mohsin Rawdhan, S. (2020). Difficulties Faced by Iraqi Second Year Students in Learning Weak Forms. Al-Adab Journal, 134, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.31973/aj.v0i134.1078

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