Pronunciation of -ed morpheme in spoken production
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-ed morpheme, pronunciation errors, A2 students, intralingual causesAbstract
This research aimed to analyze the pronunciation of the -ed morpheme in regular verbs produced orally by A2-level students of the National and Foreign Language Pedagogy program at the Technical University of Cotopaxi-Pujilí Campus, using a mixed-method approach, which included audio recordings, interviews, and transcriptions of oral tasks. The results showed that students used a limited number of regular verbs in the past tense and frequently mispronounced the -ed morpheme, especially in the /t/ and /d/ rules. Sixty-six percent of students mispronounced the morpheme in 90–100% of cases. The most frequent type of error was omission, followed by substitution. The main causes of mispronunciation were intralingual, such as overapplication of rules and incomplete knowledge of phonological structure. A small percentage of errors were interlingual, influenced by the native language. Interview data also show that the pronunciation of -ed morpheme is challenging because of the interference of the first language and the lack of knowledge and practice of the rules. They reinforced the need for explicit pronunciation instruction, increased practice, and corrective feedback. These findings highlight the importance of focusing on the phonological aspect of -ed in EFL contexts.
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