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KEY FACTORS IN TRAINING ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION: VALUATION AND ASSESMENT
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The goal of the work is to map out important external and internal factors that are involved in testing and evaluating the proper pronunciation of English language teaching at Slovak schools. Particularly in language education, it is clear the external legislative influence of the European Union, which determines the reference framework and the levels of language learning which are binding on all Member States, as well as basic Slovak laws on education and training, methodological guidelines on the evaluation and classification of Slovak pupils, curriculum, other rules that influence pronunciation as part of the pupils' communication competences and language skills. Categories of internal factors include pupils? assessment and testing. The role of English teacher is the key role, the ability to work with errors, their diagnosis and appropriately selected approaches, as well as the need to establish the same pronunciation criteria of the testing and pupil testing process were also evaluated. Significant elements are the validity of methods of general impression and analytical evaluation, especially in terms of pronunciation and necessary basic scientific verifiers such as objectivity, validity and reliability in the evaluation process. Testing pupils we use testing pupils as the assessment tool and therefore we need to have a properly set specification, that consists of suitably developed test types, and, from the point of view of the accuracy or accuracy of the language, review the methodical approach to the knowledge, and respect for the pupil's individual abilities and their age to test and evaluate the pronunciation of English language teaching at elementary schools in order to determine the level of pupil knowledge and education. In the process of Slovak pupils learning and of evaluating the pronunciation and typical specific errors of Slovak pupils at primary schools, the interference of the mother tongue is pronounced in terms of pronunciation, which we mainly address in the area of sound language interference, affecting the quality of English pronunciation, clarity of speech and listening comprehension.
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