A Study on English Phonetic Learning by Senior High School Students in China

• 영문명: A Study on English Phonetic Learning by Senior High School Students in China
• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Wenguang Zhang 심재우(Jaewoo Shim) 이희철(Heechul Lee)
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제114호, 67~92쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.06.25

영문 초록

This present study investigated the relationship between Chinese senior high school students’ mastery of pronunciation features and their speaking fluency. Sixty-six second-year Chinese senior high school students participated in this study. The first instrument measured subjects’ mastery of pronunciation features consisting of six categories: vowels, consonants, linking, assimilation, intonation and stress while the second one assessed their three aspects of speaking fluency by reading a text: pause, repetition and speech rate. The results of data analysis showed most subjects in this study performed well on segmental features, but their performance on supra-segmental features were weak. Moreover, subjects from the high supra-segmental group outperformed low supra-segmental group in the uses of stress, intonation and linking. Based on the results, employing consciousness-raising activities for teaching pronun- ciation were suggested for improving students’ pronunciation skills.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. Methods

4. Instrument

5. Results

6. Discussions and Implications

7. Conclusion

References

키워드

English phonetic learning segmental features speaking fluency supar-segmental features consciousness-raising