Ijdiie volume: 02 Issue: 01

Problem at the Beginning Improvement
- Participants consistently put the stress on the wrong part of the word 
- Not remembering to reduce all vowels
- always using Uzbek intonation during English speech 
Improvement made After 
Improvement made to putting the correct stress on a word 
Most participants remembering to reduce vowels and also improvement as to knowing what sound 
the vowels reduce to 
Mostly use English intonation with only a few issues as to the details of the contour structure 
Conclusion 
Proper pronunciation and intonation are not concepts that are learned subconsciously, slowly 
integrated into a learner of speech. There are, however, considerable improvements in students 
when pronunciation problems are focused on, and, in some cases, these problems disappear 
completely. Focusing on the issues then allows learners to improve their pronunciation and 
become more proficient in the language. Minor issues that still persisted even after there was focus 
on proper pronunciation were proper stress and reduction of vowels, as previously mentioned, as 
well as knowing the center of an intonation contour and properly pronouncing prepositions that 
are longer than one phonetic sound. However, these are all issues that can be resolved over time 
with focused instruction and practice. This study found that it is important for learners have time 
to learn and practice proper pronunciation techniques. It is only when these issues are focused on 
that students will learn and improve their English speech. Proper pronunciation is not 
subconsciously learned, and if it is not targeted, problems of
pronunciation will continue into more advanced levels of English learning. The most 
important issues found for the students were the stress and vowel reduction rules, two issues that 
merit much more time and work. Other issues improved considerably only when focused on, 
including proper pronunciation of prepositions, consonant devoicing, voicing assimilation, 

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