Attention, perception, and production of the English voiceless interdental fricative by Chinese learners of English
This study investigated the relations among speaking styles, Chinese ESL learners' attention to the voiceless interdental fricative ([θ]) sound, the learners' perception of English native speaker's speech, learners' self-perception, and the learners' production. Thirty-four Chinese ESL learners participated in three production tasks and two perception tasks. A stimulated recall, questionnaire, and interview were also conducted. The results of both quantitative and qualitative studies showed that a) the production accuracy of [θ], and the amount of attention paid to it, were positively related to the difficulties of the speech styles; b) the more demanding the speech style was and the less salient the word position was, the less attention was paid to the production of [θ] and the less accurately it was produced; c) the participants produced [θ] better than they perceived it; d) the participants' NS-perception was better than their self-perception.
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Electronic Theses & Dissertations
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- Material Type
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Theses
- Authors
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Zhu, Lianye
- Thesis Advisors
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Hardison, Debra M.
- Committee Members
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Hardison, Debra M.
Li, Xiaoshi
- Date
- 2014
- Subjects
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English language--Consonants
English language--Pronunciation by foreign speakers
Speech perception
English language
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Palestine in Judaism--Study and teaching
- Program of Study
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Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - Master of Arts
- Degree Level
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Masters
- Language
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English
- Pages
- ix, 71 pages
- ISBN
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9781303932038
1303932032
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- https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/tcsc-1706