HILL MARI CONSONANT SYSTEM IN THE LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF FUTURE LANGUAGE TEACHERS

 

Nadezhda M. Krasnova¹ and Galina A. Ertsikova²*

¹Assoc. Prof. Dr., Mari State University, Russian Federation, krasnovanadezhda5@yandex.ru

²Dr., Mari Research Institute after V.M. Vasilyev, Russian Federation, galina.ehrcikova@yandex.ru

*Corresponding Author

 

Abstract

The article describes the importance and peculiarities of Hill Mari consonant system in the language education of future language teachers. As one of the most neglected aspects of Hill Mari language teaching, pronunciation has not gained special attention for the last few years. Mainly, it is intended to be useful to students of philology and to those who are concerned with studying the consonant sounds in Hill Mari. In order to work on pronunciation of schoolchildren it is very important to know the classification of Hill Mari consonant phonemes, the particular quality of which depends on the work of the vocal cords. The article also reports on the classification of consonants according to different principles. Consonants in Hill Mari are classified in terms of the following factors: - state of the vocal folds; - position of the soft palate; - place of articulation; - manner of the production of noise.

Keywords: Language Education, Hill Mari, Consonants, Phonetics.