DocumentCode :
260557
Title :
Pronunciation errors of non-Arab learners of Arabic language
Author :
Alsulaiman, Mansour ; Ali, Zulfiqar ; Muhammad, Ghulam ; Al Hindi, Afnan ; Alfakih, Taha ; Obeidat, Hussein ; Al-Kahtani, Saad
Author_Institution :
Speech Process. Group, King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
fYear :
2014
fDate :
2-4 Sept. 2014
Firstpage :
277
Lastpage :
282
Abstract :
Arabic is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, but little attention has been paid to detect pronunciation errors of non-Arabs from different nationalities. In this paper, the speech of four nationalities of Asian non-Arabs speaking different mother languages is analyzed to identify their pronunciation errors while learning Arabic as a foreign language. Two human experts have evaluated the speech of all speakers for mispronunciation, and evaluation show that the nature of errors is almost the same for all nationalities under investigation with the fact that pharyngeal, alveodental, and interdental sounds are difficult to pronounce by learners of Arabic. Some of the errors are due to sounds that are not present in mother languages or the learner is unable to pronounce the phoneme correctly due to similar place of production or/and manner of articulation. An interesting observation is that pronunciation errors of some learners are due to switching pairs of phonemes.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; natural language processing; speech processing; Arabic language; alveodental sound; articulation; foreign language; interdental sound; mispronunciation; mother languages; nonArab learners; pharyngeal sound; phoneme; pronunciation errors; Computers; Databases; Educational institutions; Interference; Production; Speech; Tongue; Arabic language; Arabic learner; Pronunciation errors; non-Arabs;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer, Communications, and Control Technology (I4CT), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Langkawi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4556-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/I4CT.2014.6914189
Filename :
6914189
Link To Document :
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