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English Proficiency Profile Study Of An L2 Speaker From The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Mahdi Duris, Ettien Koffi
English Proficiency Profile Study Of An L2 Speaker From The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Mahdi Duris, Ettien Koffi
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English is the main foreign language in schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Even though the Kingdom has made considerable budgetary sacrifices to raise English proficiency in the country, the results do not yet match expectations. According to English First (EF), in 2019, Saudi Arabia ranked “very low” on the English Proficiency Index (EPI). We dig deeper to understand why a few succeed where most fail. In so doing, we examine the learning opportunities and practices of (KSA-F1), a female Saudi teacher of English, to understand the secrets of her success. We also study her pronunciation of English vowels …
The Intelligibility Of The Onset Cluster [Pl] And The Coda Cluster [Ƞz] In Arabic-Accented English, Ettien Koffi, Phillip A. Klopfenstein
The Intelligibility Of The Onset Cluster [Pl] And The Coda Cluster [Ƞz] In Arabic-Accented English, Ettien Koffi, Phillip A. Klopfenstein
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This paper analyzes two specific instances of English consonant-cluster production among native Arabic speakers of English. We analyze the onset cluster /pl/ and the coda cluster /ŋz/. These clusters are of interest because the first segment in each cluster does not exist in Arabic but the second is shared by both Arabic and English. Five Arabic-speaking subjects were selected based on a number of shared features, including a shared city of origin, beginning their acquisition of English after the critical period, and having spent no more than one year in an English-speaking environment at the time of the recordings. The …