IMPORTANCE OF PHONETIC SYMBOLS FOR INDIAN LEARNERS OF ENGLISH

In this era of globalization and information technology communication plays a very crucial role, especially verbal communication, and English is the most widely used language in India, not to mention the world. About one-third of the world"s population speaks the English language with some degree of competence and Indians form a considerable part of it. The status of English is of an international language. It is a language that connects the whole world, it"s a sort of link language which erects bridges and forges connections. It is the most popular second language of the people of the world including India. The present research paper tries to give the importance of phonetics in the present days, pronunciation of Indian learners.