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Pronunciation can affect the quality of a student?s communication in many ways. For one, mispronouncing words can alter the meaning of what is being and eventually lead to misunderstanding. It is therefore important for students to understand that correct pronunciation is the key to effective communication. In other cultures, people who often mispronounce words are sometimes perceived as uneducated. If this happens, it can seriously affect the confidence of the English learner and hamper his/her learning. The student would rather stay quiet in class than become the laughing stock of the entire class. While it takes hard work and years of learning for a non-native speaker to sound like a native speaker, what?s important for students is to learn how to speak clearly and ensure they are being understood correctly. Learning the phonemic alphabet is beneficial to students and teachers alike because it serves as a standard pronunciation guide for all varieties of English. If students are familiar with the IPA system, then they can easily improve their learning on their own. They can learn how to correctly pronounce words using this system because it is consistent. It?s also important to language learners whose 1stlanguage lack sounds that are present in the English language.
