جسور المعرفة
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 01-12
2024-06-01

Assessing The Teaching Of Suprasegmental Phonology In High School In Algeria: Case Of Stress

Authors : Addou Sidahmed .

Abstract

In spite of its importance in communication, phonology seems to suffer poor quality teaching in the Algerian high school, reflected in some anomalies and serious deviations in the sound system instruction. The purpose of this research was to examine the ways phonology and stress prosody, are approached in EFL classrooms . To this effect, a teacher’s questionnaire, and a semi- structured interview were administered. These were corroborated by a third year textbook analysis. The collected data were carried out quantitatively and qualitatively. The results revealed deficiencies in phonology instruction, owing to teaching misconceptions, the teacher’s defective in-service training regarding suprasegmental phonology, and insufficient teaching time allotment. The research concludes with a set of remedial treatments to improve the area.

Keywords

phonology ; prosody ; suprasegmental phonology ; stress ; teaching