The presentation is about how Arabic language affects pronunciation of English. English and Arabic have different phonological systems. Also, English and Arabic have different sytems of consonants and vowels. Furthermore, English and Arabic are different in terms of the stress patterns.
On the other hand, the
presentation shows that Arabic speakers usually face the problem of
phonological interference as their L1 affects their pronunciation of L2 sounds.
For example, L1 speakers do not
differentiate between /p/ and /b/ in L2 as this distinction is not available in
their L1. This difference makes students have problems in L2 sounds pronunciation.
The presentation was introduced on 24 February 2014 by Peggy Tharpe, M.A. TESOL, Monterey Institute of International
Studies in the attendence of Professor
Hala Fawzi's CALL class at Yanbu University College, Saudi Arabia.
Advantages of
Virtual Classes
1) Students
can develop their langauge and enhance their thinking skills
2) The
teacher is available when help is needed like the classroom.
3) Virtual
classes can be reached anytime of the day by the student.
4) The
teacher can create his own virual classroom
5) Students
can learn and communicate through the internet
6) Students
need to move to the real class to learn
Disadvantages of
Virtual Classrooms
1) Resources
must be availabe in order to have virtual classrooms
2) Lack
of motivation to use such type of learning by the students
3) Not
all students have a computer at home.
4) Some
teachers do not have the technical skills to implement the virtual classrooms.
