TAILIEUCHUNG - Difficulties of Vietnamese learners with the length of english sounds when they produce and suggested strategies

In this paper, I would like to investigate one of pronunciation problems of Vietnamese learners: English sounds made by Vietnamese learners are too short and give some suggested solutions to overcome this problem. The findings of this paper will help Vietnamese learners become aware of the length of the sounds they produce. | Nguyễn Thị Hà Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 112(12)/1: 231 - 235 DIFFICULTIES OF VIETNAMESE LEARNERS WITH THE LENGTH OF ENGLISH SOUNDS WHEN THEY PRODUCE AND SUGGESTED STRATEGIES Nguyen Thi Ha* College of Technology – TNU SUMMARY Pronunciation is a problem which usually occurs to Vietnamese learners of English. Many learners have difficulty pronouncing English sounds, therefore, they have difficulty in listening and speaking English. While these two skills are very important for learners when they begin to work in an environment using English. Moreover, Vietnamese learners still complain about incorrect pronunciation from colleagues, partners, and even their teachers. In this paper, I would like to investigate one of pronunciation problems of Vietnamese learners: English sounds made by Vietnamese learners are too short and give some suggested solutions to overcome this problem. The findings of this paper will help Vietnamese learners become aware of the length of the sounds they produce. This is considered one of the most significant problematic features which attracts much interest from linguists and teachers of English in Vietnam. There are some concepts chosen to be clarified in this part: • The omission of final sounds. • Long and short vowel distinction. • Suggested ways to overcome this problem. Key words: English sounds, solution, pronunciation, omission of final sounds, long and short vowel distinction. INTRODUCTION* Nowadays international cooperation is one of the most important strategies of each country to promote its socio-economic development. To integrate successfully into the global economy, foreign language is considered to be indispensable. The reasons for learning a new language are varied, but the importance of learning foreign languages is universal: it will always benefit you in one way or another. However, learning a new language is not easy for Vietnamese learners because of many different points which are not similar to mother tongue, .

• Ngôn ngữ học
• Difficulties of Vietnamese learners
• The length of english sounds
• They produce and suggested strategies
• Omission of final sounds
• Long and short vowel distinction