Some Mbujimayi EFL Learners’ Difficulties with English Sound Production and Perception

Abstract

This article tries to identify difficulties that Mbujimayi EFL learners encounter in uttering and perceiving English sounds. Showing their sources, the author mentions the difference between pronunciation and spel ling ,resyllabifications, silent letters,laack of some sounds … He suggests the use of known sounds by the learner at the early stage of learning, explanation of how to produce sounds or use pronunciation patterns appropriately etc… ,to overcome these difficulties.