VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES
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NGÔ THU HUYỀN

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS COMMONLY
ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY IN PRONOUNCING THE ENGLISH
AFFRICATIVE CONSONANTS

NHỮNG GIẢI PHÁP KHẢ HỮU CHO NHỮNG VẤN ĐỀ MÀ SINH VIÊN
TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC BÁCH KHOA HÀ NỘI THƯỜNG GẶP PHẢI KHI
PHÁT ÂM CÁC ÂM TẮC XÁT CỦA TIẾNG ANH
M.A. Minor Thesis

Field: English Linguistics
Code: 60 22 15
MA course: 18 Hanoi – 2011

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FACULTY OF POST - GRADUATE STUDIES
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NGÔ THU HUYỀN


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1.2. Aims and Objectives of the study 1
1.3. Research questions 2
1.4. Scope of the study 2
1.5. Significance of the study 2
1.6. Design of the study 3
PART 2: DEVELOPMENT 4
Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 4
1.1. Theoretical Background 4
1.1.1. The role of pronunciation in EFL teaching 4
1.1.2. Factors affecting pronunciation learning 4
1.1.3. Consonants in English and Vietnamese 6
1.1.3.1. English consonants 6
1.1.3.2. Vietnamese consonants 7
1.1.3.3. Learners’ problems with consonant sounds 9
1.1.4. Affricative sounds 10
1.1.4.1. Definition 10 v

1.1.4.2. The description of affricates 11
1.1.4.3. Learners’ problems with affricates 12
1.2. Previous works 15
1.3. Summary of the chapter 16
Chapter 2: Methodology 17
2.1. Survey reseach 17
2.1.1. Definition 17
2.1.2. Steps in conducting a survey research 17