IMPACT OF KEY DETERMINANTS ON THE INCORRECT ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Incorrect English Pronunciation of High School Students in Eight High Schools in Kanyakumari district. The objectives of the study were,to find out whether there exists any significant difference in the mean scores of Pronunciation skills of High School Students with regard to their gender, locality, Schools, Parents Education, Habit of Listening to English News or Talks, Habit of Reading Newspapers or Books, Habit of Speaking in English, the Knowledge of Phonetics, Learning Pronunciation through Mass Media, through social media,the home language and the learning process in L2.Normative Survey Method was used to select the sample. The sample for the study consisted of 600 students, in Eight Different High Schools in Kanyakumari District. Survey method was adopted for the present study. Stratified Random Sampling technique was used to select the sample. The findings revealed that majority of the high school students seem to have problems in pronouncing the language, It was also found that there exists significant difference between Masculine and Feminine, Rural and Urban, Government and Aided, Parents Education, Habit of Listening to English News or Talks, Habit of Reading Newspapers or Books, Habit of Speaking in English, the Knowledge of Phonetics, Learning Pronunciation through Mass Media,  through Social Media ,the home language and the learning process in L2 of High School Students in their Incorrect Pronunciation Skills.