Realization of the Grapheme 'er' by Learners of English as Foreign Language The Case Study of Level One Students of English Department, University of Doba in Chad

This research work sets out to evaluate the spoken productions of foreign learners of English the case of students in the English Department of the University of Doba, i.e. students of Level One, who were 200 in number. To carry out the investigation, reading activity of a text was used to collect data. Variationism by Labov 1963 was the theory used to guide the analysis of data. The investigation arrived at the results that learners have very poor performance in the pronunciation of English sounds, which is due to the influence of French and lack of English practice. To improve the learning of EFL, students are recommended to practice English intensively and extensively. Ndikoua Ngaidandi | Michael Etuge Apuge ""Realization of the Grapheme 'er' by Learners of English as Foreign Language: The Case Study of Level-One Students of English Department, University of Doba in Chad"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-2 , February 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30274.pdf Paper Url : https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/30272/refrigeration-and-air-conditioning-breaking-barriers-among-practitioners-proficiency/mateo-a-alin