The article touches upon some experimental aspects of the formation of phonological competence. The questionnaire applied to teachers aimed at finding out their opinions referring to the problems that appear in the process of teaching/learning English. The purpose of the questionnaire was to identify the motivation of the students for learning English, the difficulties encountered both by teachers and students when teaching/learning English, the phonological phenomena which turn out to be the most difficult ones, the didactical approach concerning the process of the formation of the phonological competence.