Abstract:

In the 21st century, learning a foreign language and being able to communicate in that language has become a very important competence. Therefore, it becomes very important for an individual who learns a foreign language to acquire the main skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) and sub-skills (grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation) in language education, but it is also clear that not much importance is given to pronunciation skill compared to other skills. Thus, the purpose of the research wasto find out the opinions of the prep-class university students regarding their foreign language pronunciation skills, and to analyze their needs related to teaching pronunciation skills, and to use the research as a needs analysis of the curriculum design that will be prepared following the current study. The study was designated according to qualitative research methods, and the case study model was applied. The research data was collected from 213 students through the form consisting of five open-ended questions prepared by the researcher, and the data obtained were analyzed by the content analysis method. As a result of the research, it was determined that the students have some important problems with pronunciation skills and that they find this skill highly important in terms of language learning.

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