The Teaching of Turkish Words with [â, û, î] Sounds to Kazakh learners
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vowel palatalization, vowel length, synharmonic, L1 interference,phonologyAbstract
This study investigated the effects of Kazakh phonology on the pronunciation of Turkish words with [â, û, î] sounds. The study was carried out at Hacettepe University, Turkey, in the fall term of 2022. The sample for the study consisted of 35 (22 males, 13 females) Kazakh master and doctoral students. Participants ranged in age from 24 to 36 with an average of 27 years old. The research employed a quantitative research design and the data were collected by means of pre-test and post-test. Between the pre-test and post-test a 3 hours’ treatment of exercises, tongue-twisters, drills with [â, û, î] sounding words were conducted. The data was analysed by the SPSS 22 software. The results of the study showed that there was a significant difference among the means of the participants of two tests regarding their pronunciation.
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