中国英语学习者朗读中超音段特征的研究中期报告.docx

中国英语学习者朗读中超音段特征的研究中期报告

ResearchontheProsodicFeaturesofChineseSupersegmentalUnitsinEnglishLearners’Reading:Mid-termReport

Introduction:

ThisstudyaimstoexploretheprosodicfeaturesofChinesesupersegmentalunitsinEnglishlearners’reading,andtoprovideinsightsintothechallengesanddifficultiesthatChineselearnersfaceinacquiringEnglishprosody.Thisreportsummarizestheprogressmadeinthefirsthalfoftheproject,includingthetheoreticalframework,researchdesign,datacollection,andpreliminaryanalysis.

TheoreticalFramework:

Thestudyisbasedonthetheoreticalframeworkofprosodictransfer,whichsuggeststhatlanguagelearnersmaytransfertheirnativelanguageprosodicpatternstotheirL2andthusstruggletoacquireL2prosody.InthecaseofChineselearnersofEnglish,thesupersegmentalunitsinChinese,suchastone,stress,andintonation,mayaffecttheirproductionandperceptionofEnglishprosody,leadingtoforeignaccentandcommunicationbreakdowns.

ResearchDesign:

Thestudyinvolvestwotasks:(1)readingaloudapassageinEnglishwithvaryingprosodicpatterns,and(2)ratingthenaturalnessofperceivedprosodicpatternsinEnglishsentences.Theparticipantsare30ChinesespeakersofEnglishatintermediatelevelwhohavelearnedEnglishforatleast3years.ThedataarethenanalyzedusingacousticandstatisticalmethodstoexaminethedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishprosodicfeatures.

DataCollection:

Thereadingtaskconsistsof10Englishpassages,eachwithdifferentcombinationsofstress,intonation,andrhythm.Theratingtaskinvolves30Englishsentences,eachproducedwithdifferentstresspatterns.Theparticipantsareaskedtoratethenaturalnessofeachsentenceonascalefrom1to7.BothtasksarerecordedusingPraatsoftware,whichallowsfortheextractionofacousticfeaturessuchaspitch,duration,andintensity.

PreliminaryAnalysis:

Preliminaryanalysisofthedat