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This paper attempts to investigate the use of Recording technique (RT) for error correction in teaching pronunciation for first year-students at English Department, College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang. From the pilot research, some findings about the effectiveness of using RT to correct errors and typical types of pronunciation errors made by students (Ss') in speaking tasks are revealed. | Nguyễn Dương Nguyên Trinh Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 83(07): 141 - 146 USING RECORDING TECHNIQUE FOR ERROR CORRECTION IN TEACHING PRONUNCIATION FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, UNIVERSITY OF DANANG Nguyen Duong Nguyen Trinh*, Nguyen Ngoc Nhat Minh College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang ABSTRACT This paper attempts to investigate the use of Recording technique (RT) for error correction in teaching pronunciation for first year-students at English Department, College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang. From the pilot research, some findings about the effectiveness of using RT to correct errors and typical types of pronunciation errors made by students (Ss') in speaking tasks are revealed. Clearly, RT proves to be helpful to improve 80% of errors in pronunciation among which there are common ones like mispronunciation, incorrect stress, failure in linked speech. In addition, participants and the author‟s opinions towards the advantages, problems as well as solutions to make effective use of RT are also verified. Lastly, the paper put forward some recommendations to teaching and learning activities to enhance students‟ pronunciation. Key words: recording technique, error correction, pronunciation, speaking task, nghiên cứu thực nghiệm/pilot research INTRODUCTION* It cannot be denied that many Vietnamese students who are competent in grammar and vocabulary fail to communicate effectively when conversing with foreigners because of their inaccurate pronunciation during their new language acquisition. This has implied that much more attention needs placing on teaching pronunciation at early years at university, otherwise mistakes would get fixed for students of higher years. However, with methods often used in the classroom (i.e. conventional methods), there are lots of mispronounced words are ignored and skipped . In many foreign countries, people have employed Recording technique to teach speaking skill especially .