Open AccessImportance of English consonants classification for EFL learners
Author(s) -
Bahaa A. Muslim Abdul-Ameer Al-Zobaidy
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
linguistics and culture review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2690-103X
DOI - 10.21744/lingcure.v6ns2.2098
Subject(s) - consonant , linguistics , phonology , articulation (sociology) , class (philosophy) , categorization , phonetics , place of articulation , computer science , psychology , mathematics education , artificial intelligence , vowel , philosophy , politics , political science , law
The practical formula of this paper helps the readers (EFL learners) how can they work by themselves to explain and realize the articulation of the English consonant sounds. However, the theoretical material is necessary for anyone who needs to understand the principles of regulating these sounds in spoken English. Most of the readers (EFL students) are aware of the importance of linguistics topics, but they do not have sufficient basic knowledge to understand these topics, especially Phonetics and Phonology. It is an endeavour to show the general categorization existing in consonants on the phonological aspects. Most of the time, there are three labels that are given a little awareness in instructors’ lectures to EFL students as if they existed worthless. Thus, while explaining the English consonant sounds, it is recommended that the EFL instructors should pay equal awareness to these labels with different class activities. The quantity of data displayed in some figures with (151) examples as part of direct education. These data were procured from Google Scholars, Google Books and other websites.