Primerjalna analiza vpliva švedščine in slovenščine kot maternih jezikov na izgovorjavo angleščine kot tujega jezika: pogoste napake pri soglasnikih

This MA thesis investigates the pronunciation of English consonants by Slovene and Swedish university students, with a focus on the production of individual phonemes. The study examines nine selected consonants: /v/, /w/, /r/, /ʒ/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /ð/, /θ/, and [ɫ]. A total of thirty participants (fifteen Slovene and fifteen Swedish) were recorded, completing both isolated word and contextual speech tasks. Their pronunciation was analysed both acoustically and auditorily. The results show that while Swedish students made more errors in the pronunciation of specific phonemes, particularly /ʒ/, /tʃ/, and /ð/, Slovene students more frequently combined features from General American (GA) and General British (GB), leading to mixed-accent outputs. The findings confirm earlier research on common consonantal difficulties among L2 English learners and highlight the role of external factors such as media exposure. This thesis contributes to a clearer understanding of how different L1 backgrounds influence English pronunciation and offers a basis for future pedagogical and linguistic research.