The way South Vietnamese pronounce English

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The initial chapter outlines the subjects and investigation procedures, detailing recorded interviews and equipment used, along with the ten pronunciation lessons administered. The second chapter offers a brief overview of the phonemes in Australian English, while the third focuses on Vietnamese phonemes, summarizing analyses by Ngu%n Dang Li%m and L% Ba Thao (later Thao L%). The fourth chapter compares Australian English and South Vietnamese phonemes, discussing potential correspondences and predicting errors due to Li interference. Chapter five provides a comprehensive summary of the analysis of English sounds produced by the subjects, detailing results from the first and second tests, including descriptions of vowels, diphthongs, consonants, and consonant clusters. The sixth chapter presents practical strategies for teaching English pronunciation to Vietnamese and Asian speakers. Chapter seven describes statistical agreement tests, including percentages of difficulties and improvements in vowels, diphthongs, and consonants, both overall and by word position, as well as individual challenges. The eighth chapter characterizes the approxilect of South Vietnamese English speakers, examining predictable and non-predictable error types and first language interference. Finally, chapter nine offers an acoustical analysis of South Vietnamese vowels.