Phonological Competence and Performance of Second Language Learners: Production of ed-ending Verbs by English Students in Public Tertiary Institutions in Gombe State

Bashir Abubakar, Maikudi Usman and Maryam Mukhtar Bello
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Bashir Abubakar: Department of English Language, Gombe State College of Education and Legal Studies, Nafada.
Maikudi Usman: Department of General Studies, Federal College of Horticulture Dadin-Kowa
Maryam Mukhtar Bello: Department of Foreign Languages, Gombe State College of Education Billiri Being a Research Project Sponsored by Institutional Based Research (IBR)

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 10, 1443-1452

Abstract: The study aims to investigate the production of English verbs ending in -ed by English students in tertiary institutions. Thus, it describes regular past tense verbs are produced by English learners from different native languages. In the process, each participant will be individually audio-recorded reading a passage with regular past tense verbs and will be given a questionnaire which contains items testing three manifestations of ‘ed’ morpheme in terms of pronunciation. Thus, the instruments to be used in data collection are closed-ended questionnaires and sound recordings of participant reading of prepared passages. The participants will be individually audio recorded using a digital audio-recorder. The participants may have demonstrated English pronunciation knowledge when responding to the questionnaire but missed the pronunciation while reading. This may be attributed to the difference between language learners’ competence and performance. Consequently, the study attempts to add to the field by investigating regular past tense verb productions by English learners from different first language backgrounds. Thus, it may have pedagogical suggestions for teaching pronunciation particularly that of verbs ending with –ed so teachers and authors of pronunciation manuals should take into account the target-like voicing assimilation processes as well as possible syllable simplification strategies manifesting in second language learners’ production of the target language.

Date: 2023
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