Teaching pronunciation through synthetic phonics

Abstract

The purpose of this brief research is to gather as much as possible some well-balanced and valuable information with regards to teaching pronunciation through synthetic phonics. Ecuadorian learners have a low level of proficiency in English; thereby, their pronunciation is one primary necessity to be improved. Currently, there is a great number of researches that are focused on other issues; moreover, little attention is drawn on pronunciation due to its complexity. In order to sort this problem out, the use of synthetic phonics has been put forward. The theoretical framework has been chosen to highlight some important points to be taken into account when teaching pronunciation. In fact, besides the literature review, this author has taken the initiative to expose one way to use the synthetic phonics as class activities.