An Empirical Study on the Acquisition of English Rising Tone by Chinese EFL Learners

Autor/in	Chen, Wenkai
Titel	An Empirical Study on the Acquisition of English Rising Tone by Chinese EFL Learners
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 6 (2013) 6, S.97-102 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Intonation; Second Language Learning; Phonology; Oral Language; English (Second Language); Asians; Chinese; Native Language; Language Research; Vowels; Second Language Instruction; Auditory Perception; Pronunciation; Questionnaires; Majors (Students); Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Teaching Methods; College Students; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fonologie; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; China; Chinesen; Sprachforschung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Aussprache; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent
Abstract	Intonation is the melody and soul of speech, and plays an important role in oral communication. Nevertheless, the acquisition of English intonation by Chinese EFL learners is far from being satisfactory. It is found by empirical study that the main problems existing in acquiring English rising tone are improper placement of nucleus stress, failure to control the contour of pitch of nucleus, replacement of rising tone by falling one, epenthesis of extra central vowel after the consonant with which the nucleus or tail ends. The acquisition of rising tone is influenced by lack of intonation knowledge, poor acquisition of stress, differences between English and Chinese tone patterns, etc. One key solution is to imbue the learners with knowledge of intonation by utilizing modern phonological technologies to make possible the multimodal phonological acquisition of intonation so as to improve the learners' ability of perceiving and producing rising tone. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01