@article{2017,title={TEACHING PRONUNCIATION AND STRESS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE CURRICULUM THROUGH IPA TRANSCRIPTION READING},abstractNode={Teaching foreign language learners the ability to express themselves effici-ently (technically termed as “the fourth skill”) has been one of the greatest challenges among educators both in Turkey and abroad. This task seems to be an unsurmountable problem to some in the foreign language teaching field. Linguists have brought forward many theories, methods, approaches and techniques so far to remedy the difficulty, but little progress has been achie-ved. Because those involved have not chosen to follow the right path toward their planned target and stick to it until their goal is reached. Unless that is do-ne, much effort and time remain wasted which otherwise could have been used very productively. Intelligible pronunciation is a key factor in communi-cative competence, being one of the essential criteria to pass a prestigious and rigorous CEF or CEFR (The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) test ranging from A1 to C2 levels. This article tries to explain the reasons behind the failure of “phonological competence acquisition” problem and proposes a unique approach -- to teach and apply the principles of seg-mental and suprasegmental phonology by reading IPA transcription in order to produce an acceptable articulation in the target language.},author={Metin YURTBAŞI},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}