ADOPTING A PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO OVERCOME THE ISSUE OF PHONOLOGICAL INTERFERENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

: Crucial role of language education, close integration of language, linguistic skills, professional development

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In this digital era, a demand for second language acquisition is accelerating despite of several challenges encountered by
language learners. In Applied Linguistics, phonological interference is one of the permanent issue causing heated debates among
scholars. Many scientists and researchers over the world are carrying out massive investigations to find out effective and efficient
approaches to handle with this phenomenon, thereby suggesting various methods such as CLT, TBL and TELL and variablecentered approach. Along with the analysis of existed methods and approaches, this article mainly focuses on Person-centered
approach that is a novel paradigm in the search of eliminating ways of phonological matters faced by EFL students in higher
educational establishments.