Effect of stress perception of L1 on L2: A case study of Pakistani (Punjabi) students

The present research aims at analyzing and observing Pakistani students of Punjabi origin who opt English language as a medium of learning. The researchers endeavor to observe stress perception of Punjabi (L1) speaking students of university level who seem to utilize same pattern on L2 (English) in their verbal communication. The stress pattern in pronunciation plays a vital role in determining the accent of a language. Therefore, variation in pronunciation not only creates the understanding problems but sometimes meaning also changes which create a language barrier between speaker and listener. This research paper is an investigation that how does mispronunciation change the stress pattern of the second language? How does mispronunciation lead to semantic errors/miscommunication? In the article, the action research method is employed where the data has been collected from classroom observations and student-teacher interactions. The students of graduation level from specific universities of Pakistan are chosen for data collection.