Advanced Cantonese ESL learners' production of English speech sounds Problems and strategies

被引：10
作者：
Chan, Alice Y. W. [1 ]
机构：
[1] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept English, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
来源：
SYSTEM | 2010年 / 38卷 / 02期
关键词：
Speech production; Second Language Acquisition; Cantonese ESL learners; Problems and strategies;
D O I：
10.1016/j.system.2009.11.008
中图分类号：
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号：
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要：
This article discusses the production of English speech sounds by advanced Cantonese ESL learners in Hong Kong A total of forty university students participated in the study which included three speech production tasks investigating participants production of target English speech sounds in isolated words minimal pairs and passages The results of the study give confirmatory empirical evidence supporting previous literature on the pronunciation difficulties encountered by Hong Kong Cantonese ESL learners as well as the strategies they often use to overcome their pronunciation difficulties It is suggested that speech training be included as an integral part of ESL curriculums for students of all levels but for advanced learners of English such programmes should be research-driven and prioritized (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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页码：316 / 328
页数：13
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