This exploration is a contrastive assessment of the sound systems of the English language and the Izzi dialect of the Igbo language. It highlights areas of similarities and differences of the two tongues in order to predict the difficulties that Izzi speakers of the English language would experience in the study of the English Language as a second language. This inquiry therefore, concentrates on the similarities and differences found at the segmental level of both languages. The Primary, Secondary and the cannons of Contrastive Analysis are employed in the course of this investigation, and this survey reveals that some sounds in the English Language such as /ʌ/ɜ:/and /∂/ are absent in the sound system of Izzi dialect, and recommends that Izzi speakers of the English Language should make keen efforts to master the correct pronunciation of the English sounds in order to make themselves intelligible to other users of the English Language.
Keywords: Contrastive Analysis, English Language, Izzi Dialect, Segmental Sounds
