Student teachers perceptions with regard to their pronunciation and a training experience on developing skills of self-monitoring in pronunciation

The study aimed to find out the student teachers? perceptions with regard totheir pronunciation and involved a training experience on developing skills of selfmonitoringin pronunciation. It consisted of three phases. First phase aimed atdetermining the perceptions of student teachers toward their own pronunciationskills. The second phase aimed at introducing self-monitoring and self-correctiontechniques to the experimental group of the student teachers. The third phase of thestudy involved determining whether the perceptions of the experimental studentteachers changed after the training program and their opinions about the trainingcourse.The study was conducted at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Departmentof English Language Teaching with 42 student teachers. The participants formed twointact groups. Quasi-experimental research design was used to carry out the study.The data collection instruments were Self-Perception Questionnaire, mini reflectivejournals and interview.The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed and interpreted withthe help of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). On the other hand, thedata obtained from the interview and mini reflective journals were evaluatedqualitatively.The results of the first phase of the study revealed that all 42 student teachersperceive their own pronunciation skills moderately. The comparison between pre andpost test data revealed that there was a statistically significant change in theexperimental group of the student teachers? perceptions while the change in thecontrol group of the student teachers was not statistically significant.In conclusion, this study sheds light on the importance of pronunciationtraining in the teacher education programs. It should also be noted that selfmonitoringand self-correction techniques are helpful in that they affect students?perceptions toward their own pronunciation skills in a positive way.