The Perception and Production of the Allophony of English Lateral Consonant by EFL College Students

Abstract

The present study is an attempt to shed light on the term 'allophony' of English lateral [l]. The study is theoretically and Practically oriented.The problem of this study is that Iraqi EFL College student ( learners as foreign language) may face difficulty in their recognition and production of English lateral allophones.To tackl this problem, this study is based on the following hypothesis (1) Iraqi EFL college students face no difficulty in recognizing and producing the English lateral allophones;(2) there are no statistical significant differences among the subjects of four levels in recognizing and producing the English lateral allophones. In conducting this study ,the following procedures(1)defining and discussing some basic notions which related to allophones of lateral sound;(2) selecting test material ;(3) applying certain statistical tools such as t.test ;(4) drawing out the findings of the analyses in order to arrive at the result. The result of this study reveals that: (1) the Iraqi EFL college students do face difficulty in recognizing and production the English lateral allophones;(2) There are statistical significant differences among the fourth levels their recognition and production in considering the allophones of lateral sound.