Learning the phonetic of Ffl by turkish learners: Need for specific teaching materials

Abstract

This study is meant to analyze the evolution of the pronunciation problems encountered by Turkish learners of French as a foreign language at the University of Uludag from preparatory class to the fourth year of license. The first part of this study highlights the fact that the learners in question cannot be considered as generic students and that the specificities of these learners can be correlated with their pronunciation mistakes: mistakes that tend to persist and can be fixed during learning. In the second part, the lack of teaching materials in the field of phonetics for Turkish learners will be highlighted by comparing specific difficulties with books available. Finally it is shown how this study serves as a theoretical basis for a project related to the learning of phonics by Turkish learners.