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Table 1 Error types that are made by more than half of the students in more than 50% of the cases in which such a mistake could be made in the tests set to the students

From: Teacher professional development in the contexts of teaching English pronunciation

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error type

Number of students making a particular error

percentage of errors of a particular kind made by the subject group

1

voiceless th(θ) is /d/

22

85.0

2

no aspiration /p, t, k/

20

82.7

3

Bad is bed /æ/ is /e/

20

69.8

4

θ, is t,f,s

19

75.6

5

r + no linking r

19

65.2

6

/ is Dutch /o:/

13

54.0