Factors Responsible for Wrong Pronunciation of English Words by Students at Undergraduate Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

One of the many challenges which ESL/EFL learners face is issue incorrect pronunciation English words. This more serious in ESL contexts like Pakistan where get limited or no exposure to authentic language use. paper attempts explore factors contributing words by at undergraduate level Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. To this end, a questionnaire was distributed among 72 BS students three different colleges. The descriptive analysis data highlighted eight appeared cause students. These included learners’ weakness phonetics and phonology, Teacher's wrong pronunciation, first interference, related military discourse, poor oral fluency inaccessibility study recommends should improve through listening native speakers language, watch YouTube videos movies own consult standardized phonetic dictionary.