• Nosher Ali

  Author

• Saima Yousaf

  Author

• Muhammad Imran Afzal

  Author

• Nausher Ali

  Author

This study endeavors to explore the errors committed by Pakistani ESL learners in the
pronunciation of derivational suffixes at intermediate level. It explores the factors behind these
errors while pronouncing the words and how these errors can be rectified is the end of the
research. To judge the errors of the Pakistani learners, sample has been taken from three
different regions having different L1. Fifteen informants of grade-11 from public sector with
three different L1 have been judged by assigning them the task of pronouncing of a word list
consisted of words ending at ten different derivational suffixes. Then, the informants’
pronunciations have been recorded, compared and judged according to the true parameters of
R.P (Received Pronunciation). Computational-cum-descriptive statistics techniques have been
employed for presenting, analyzing and interpreting the data. Results reveal that the Pakistani
learners of English do not take special care of learning correct pronunciation. After finding the
facts and reasons of the errors committed by the students with three different L1, some suitable
remedial measures to avoid such errors have been suggested.

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