The current paper intended to investigate the performance of affective prosody by Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. More specifically, the current study examined and compared aspects contributing to perceived vocal affect in the speech of Chinese EFL learners and native English speakers (hereafter NSs). The data were collected from 20 university students who took part in two recording sessions designed by the authors. In comparison to previous studies on L2 acquisition of English prosody, this research offers a detailed description of the performance of affective prosody in the speech of Chinese EFL learners. The results show that, for the majority of Chinese EFL learners, their pitch range and vowel duration are narrower and shorter than for NSs, all of which contribute to their low scores for affective involvement. In addition, a number of pedagogical suggestions have been proposed by this study, which will help Chinese EFL learners to deal with the prosodic problems they encounter when speaking English.
목차
Abstract Introduction Literature Review Studies on Affective Prosody Studies on the Prosodic Performance of ESL Learners Methodology Research Questions Participants Materials Procedures Analysis Results Pitch Range Vowel Duration Discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements The Authors References
키워드
Chinese EFL learnersacquisitionaffective prosodypitch rangevowel duration
저자
Zepeng Wang [ Harbin Engineering University, China ]
Yansheng Mao [ Harbin Engineering University, China ]
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간행물
간행물명
The Journal of AsiaTEFL
간기
계간
pISSN
1738-3102
eISSN
2466-1511
수록기간
2004~2026
등재여부
SCOPUS,KCI 등재
십진분류
KDC 740DDC 420
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / The Journal of AsiaTEFL Vol.19 No.1