英语发音问题发音问题论文中国学生的英语发音问题浅析Word文档格式.docx

英语发音问题发音问题论文中国学生的英语发音问题浅析Word文档格式.docx

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摘要：

中国学生在学习英语发音的过程中往往会产生问题，这是因为学生所熟悉的汉语与英语属于两种不同的语系，在语音系统上存在很大差别，而第二语言学习过程中普遍存在着语言迁移现象，于是学生在发音上容易受他们的母语，即汉语的影响，从而形成发音错误和偏差。

根据语言迁移理论，通过汉语和英语发音的对比，分析常见的中国学生英语发音错误，可以针对这些问题提出一些可行的解决方法。

关键词：

发音问题语音系统对比不同点语言迁移

introduction

accuratepronunciationandintonationarethebasicqualityofalanguageuser.however,therearemanyproblemsinchinesestudents’pronunciationofenglish,resultingfromthenegativetransferoftheirmothertongue—chinese.examplesoferrorsmadebyenglishlearnersinpronunciationarecommon,displayingonbothsegmentalandsuprasegmentallevels.

theslightdifferencesbetweenchineseandenglishinpronunciationwhicharenotsoobviouscaneasilycausenegativetransfer.bycontrastingthesoundsystemsofthetwolanguages,learnerswillbeclearaboutthecausesoftheproblemsandlearnsomeskillstoavoidortackletheseproblems.

1.problemsinpronouncingsegmentalphonemes

differentlanguageshavedifferentphonemicsystems.still,thereexisttruelinguisticuniversalsandnearuniversalsinalllanguages.anawarenessofthedifferencesbetweenthenewandthenativelanguagecanhelpstudentsrealizewhichoftheirnativelanguagespeechhabitscanbetransferredtothenewlanguageandwhichcannot.

problemsforchinesestudentsatsegmentallevelcanmainlybedividedintotwokinds:

1.1problemswithsoundstotallynewtochinesestudents

someenglishsoundsdonotexistinthechinesesoundsystem,whichleavesagapbetweenthetwolanguagesoundsystems.thusitimposescertainlimitationsonthechinesestudents’englishpronunciationlearning.asaresult,chineselearnersofenglisharealwaystryingtofindasimilarsoundinchineselanguagetosubstitutefortheenglishsound,whichcausesdeviation:

（1）manychineselearnersignorethedifferencebetween/w/and/v/.becauseinchinesethedistinctionbetween[w]and[v]isnotphonemic,i.e.soundsubstitutionofthetwosoundscannotcausedifferencesinmeaning.asaresult,althoughthestudentsmayclearlyknowthemannerofarticulation,theystillwouldn’tliketomakeefforttodistinguishthetwosounds.forexample,thephrase‘verywell’isalwayswronglypronouncedas/verivel/or/weriwel/.

（2）/θ/and//aresoundswhichfailtofindtheirchinesecounterparts.studentsusuallyproduce/s/and/z/becausealveolarcauseslesseffortandiseasiertopronouncethandental.muchpracticeisneededforchinesestudentstogetusedtothespecialwayofpronouncing.

（3）vowellengthdoesnotcausedifferencesinchinese.differenttonesareusedtodistinguishsoundsofthesamequality.forexample,mā,má

mǎ,mà

representfourdifferentwords.inchinese,sincetherearetones,themeaningsofwordscanbetoldeasily.althoughstudentsaretoldinenglishthereisdifferencebetweenshortvowelandlongvowel,theydon’tthoroughlyknowthewayofarticulation.inenglishtheshortvowelsdonotneedmuchmusculartension;

thetongueshouldbeheldloosely.inchinesetherearenosuchlaxandtensepairs,thustheybecomedifficultforchinesestudents.actuallyfewchinesestudentscanclearlydistinguishshortvowelsfromlongvowels.

　　（4）thereisno//inchinese;

studentsarenotusedtoopentheirmouthsowidely.theyoftenpronounce//wronglyas/e/or/ai/.forexample,it’shardtotellthedifferencebetweenbedandbadfromtheirpronunciation.

（5）thereisnophoneme//inchinese.manystudentspronounceitas/a/inchinesewithoutawarenessofit.chinesephoneme/a/isanopen,frontandunroundedlongvowelwithlipsspreadwhileenglish//isahalf-open,central,andunroundedshortvowel.forexample,whentheysaymother/m/,itoftensoundslike/ma/,andlikewise,love/lv/soundslike/lav/.

1.2problemswithsoundsconfusedbystudentsassomechinesesounds

englishandchinesephonesystemsdonotmatchcompletely.somephonemesseemtobesimilarbutfarfromidentical.yetthebeginninglearnersinevitablyresorttochinesesoundswhichhavesomesimilaritieswithenglishones.itisdifficultforthemtoutterwiththerightshapeofmouthortherightspeechorgan,especiallywhenthestudentstakeitforgrantedthattheyarethesamethings.

（1）althoughbothenglishandchinesehaveplosives,theirpronunciationsarenotexactlythesame.moststudentscan’theartheslightdifferenceinthestateofthevocalcords.inenglish,plosivesgoincontrastivepairs,withonevoicedandtheothervoiceless.butchineseplosivepairsaredistinguishedfromeachotherbyaspiration,notbyvoicing.forinstance,inchineseboth“b”and“p”arevoiceless.soaretheotherpairssuchas“d”and“t”;

“g”and“k”;

“zh”and“ch”,etc.theonlydifferenceisthat,inpronouncingtheaspirated“p,t,k,ch”,theairispuffedoutstrongly,whereaswiththeunaspirated“b,d,g,zh”theairislet