A Contrastive Analysis of Syllable and Stress Patterns of English and Persian

Contrastive Analysis is based on the prediction of errors on the basis of differences between the source and the target languages. The more difference between the two languages, the more difficulty the L2 learners may face. Persianlearners of English have been proven to encounter so much difficulty in pronouncing the English sounds whilespeaking. The errors committed by Persian learners are mostly attributed to interlingual one. The purpose of thepresent paper is to compare and contrast the sounds of the two languages thoroughly and accordingly predict what sorts of errors Persian learners of English will make. In order to achieve this goal a brief overview on the differences between characteristics of syllable and stress pattern in English and Persian is provided. Then a contrastive analysis ofEnglish and Persian syllable structures, sound systems and stress patterns is provided. It is concluded that, due to thedifferences, Persian learners of English are often faced with so much difficulty. Their pronunciations are almost erroneous and on the basis of differences available, those flaws are attributable to the negative transfer from L1. Persian learners are often misunderstood

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Contrastive Analysis ، English/Persian Syllable ، English/Persian Stress Pattern