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Checking of New Vocabulary Instruction Improves Iranian Female Intermediate Students’ Pronunciation

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Pronunciation is an important concept in Second language learning. In this article at first I selected 30 girl students randomly. They are intermediate level. Then I took an oral exam in order to find their level in pronunciation. Most of the students didn’t get good marks. Then during classes, teacher checked students’ pronunciation and check instruction of new vocabularies one by one. Students practiced instructions themselves. After that, I got a post-test and calculate differences between post-test and pre-test. At last, I resulted in improving students pronunciation. In conclusion, students can pronounce better by checking instructions.

DOI 10.11648/j.edu.20160504.12
Published in Education Journal (Volume 5, Issue 4, July 2016)
Page(s) 49-52
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Pronunciation, Instruction, Vocabulary

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