Students in senior secondary school need to learn phonetics for the purpose of to improve their pronunciation, listening comprehension, and general communication skills. Given the complex relationship that exists between English spelling and pronunciation, phonetics is an essential tool for assisting students in understanding and producing English sounds correctly.

This article examines rigorous approaches to teaching English phonetic features, emphasizing strategies that may be used in the classroom to promote improved intonation, vowel and consonant distinction, stress patterns, and pronunciation.

phonetics, English pronunciation, communicative competency, language acquisition, phonological awareness, secondary education, and rigorous teaching techniques.

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