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O. Yu. Makarova, D. V. Gorbunova ANALYSIS OF PHONETIC ERRORS MADE BY STUDENTS WHEN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES // I. YAKOVLEV CHUVASH STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY BULLETIN. 2025. № 3(128). p. 153-161
Author(s):
O. Yu. Makarova, D. V. Gorbunova
Index of UDK:
[378.016:811.111’342]:61
Index of DOI:
10.37972/chgpu.2025.128.3.017
Name of article:
ANALYSIS OF PHONETIC ERRORS MADE BY STUDENTS WHEN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES
Keywords:
English for medical purposes, foreign language professional and communicative competence, phonetic competence, pronunciation errors, language interference, professional vocabulary, medical terminology
Abstracts:
The phonetic aspect of a foreign language training exerts a pivotal influence on the pronunciation mastery, vocabulary and speaking skills, speech perception and spoken word recognition. Specifically, it is important for attaining the communication goal in a professional context. The relevance of the study lies in analyzing phonetic errors and compiling a list of words aiming to update the content of professionally oriented foreign language training at a medical university. The research is based on 100 most frequent words identified and selected in the long-term pedagogical observation. Methods of contrastive analysis, introspection, phonetic error analysis and methodological analysis were applied. The standard British pronunciation (RP), which is the set norm in educational materials, was chosen as the model. It is revealed that the greatest difficulties for students are differences in the phonetic structure of English and Russian languages (in particular, vowel sounds, their length variation), phonetic interference of both Russian and Latin languages, pronunciation of certain suffixes and endings of the verbs, silent letters, and lexical stress. Following the word classification carried out, they were systematized into tables, which can be used as independent educational and methodological visual aids and as the source for developing a system of phonetic exercises for teaching and practicing pronunciation targeted at the specific vocabulary.
The contact details of authors:
Makarova, Olga Yuryevna – Doctor of Pedagogics, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Foreign Languages, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4626-8603, olga.makarova@kazangmu.ru
Gorbunova, Daria Vladimirovna – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Foreign Languages, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0308-0141, daria.gorbunova@kazangmu.ru
