Errors committed in pronunciation by Tharu students of English

Abstract

This thesis entitled "Errors Committed in Pronunciation by Tharu students of English" was carried out to find out the errors committed by the DangauraTharu speakers. I collected the data from both primary and secondary sources.The sample population of the study consisted of 40 students of class eight. I took a test consisting of 70 different types of words to collect primary data. I Used the simple random sampling procedure to sample the population. After the analysis of the data, I found that the student committed the errors due to mother tongue influence, analogical creation, over generalization and erroneous input.The maximum participants had committed the error in pronouncing the words like 'orchid', 'village' and 'virtue' due to analogical creation. A major reason to commit the error was due to mother tongue influence. The Dangaura Tharu language has no labiodental and dental sounds. So the respondents had committed the error in pronouncing the words which are formed by the sounds /f/, /v/, // and //. This thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction. It consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Chapter two deals with review of the theoretical literature, introduction of Tharu community, review of the empirical literature, implications of the literature review and conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with the design and methods of the study,population, sample and sampling strategy, study area, data collection tools and techniques and data collection procedures. Chapter four deals with analysis of data and interpretation of the result and summary of findings. The last chapter deals with conclusion, recommendations, references and appendices.