Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2010, 12(3):35-39 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2010.3.35-39

Television Programmes in the Acquisition of English Pronunciation

Zdena Kralova1, Rastislav Metruk1
1 Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Science, University of Zilina, Slovakia

The study analyzes the influence of watching authentic TV programmes in English on the non-native speakers' level of English pronunciation. We tried to detect the correlation between frequency of watching TV programmes and perceptual analysis of English pronunciation of our respondents which was done by native speakers.

Keywords: English pronunciation, authentic TV programmes, correlation

Published: September 30, 2010  Show citation

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Kralova, Z., & Metruk, R. (2010). Television Programmes in the Acquisition of English Pronunciation. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 12(3), 35-39. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2010.3.35-39
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