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Perception Training Of Thai Learners: American English Consonants And Vowels, Siriporn Lerdpaisalwong
Perception Training Of Thai Learners: American English Consonants And Vowels, Siriporn Lerdpaisalwong
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PERCEPTION TRAINING OF THAI LEARNERS:
AMERICAN ENGLISH CONSONANTS AND VOWELS
by
Siriporn Lerdpaisalwong
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2015
Under the Supervision of Professor Hanyong Park
Many studies have revealed that ESL and EFL Thai leaners have difficulty producing and perceiving certain English consonants and vowels. The difficult consonants are /b d g v θ ð z tʃ ɹ l/ (Burkardt, 2005; Francis & McDavid, 1958; Jotikasathira, 1999; Lerdpaisalwong & Park, 2012, 2013; Richards, 1968; Wei & Zhou, 2002). The difficult vowels are /ɪ i ʊ u/ (Richards, 1968; Tsukada, 2009; Varasarin, 2007). Previous studies have showed that laboratory perceptual …