English Pronunciation Errors Made by Saudi Students

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Each contradiction between two passages listed here was confirmed by an independent check.

• !MajorRated major: it would touch a result — a value a result rests on, reported and recomputed p-values on opposite sides of the significance level, two passages that conflict with no sign which is right, or a cited work retracted before this paper was published.Internal contradictionClaimed f-for-v substitution in very is absent from the tableThe discussion says group 1 substituted /f/ in "very," whereas Table 5 lists only the correct /v/ form and a vowel variant that also retains /v/.§ 4.3 Replace a sound by another and § 4.3 Replace a sound by another
• !MinorRated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.ArithmeticGroup 2 wait counts exceed its sample sizeThe correct, alternative, and no-pronunciation counts total 30, although group 2 has 25 students.§ Additional information
• !MinorRated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.ArithmeticLet responses account for only 23 studentsThe listed pronunciations total 23 rather than the 25 students in group 1.§ 4.1 vowel confusion & vowel insertion
• !MinorRated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.Internal contradictionCorrect phase pronunciation is counted as incorrectTable 4 reports zero correct pronunciations of "phase" but also lists 11 students producing the same transcription it gives as correct.§ 4.2 Written form (orthography) and § 4.2 Written form (orthography)
• !MinorRated minor: it would not touch a result — a value no result rests on, a p-value that stays on the same side of the significance level, or a conflict that is clerical, resolved elsewhere in the paper, or outside its own findings.Internal contradictionAll listed lab pronunciations match the correct formTable 6 reports zero correct pronunciations of "lab" and says all students erred, yet assigns all 25 students the transcription shown as correct.§ Additional information and § Additional information