Acquisition of L2 Mandarin Chinese tones with learner-created tone visualizations

Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 86 - 114
Published: Jan 1, 2015
Abstract
This paper reports on a study of 35 Mandarin Chinese learners who (1) created pitch curves of their spoken word tones and (2) compared their pitch curves with those of native speakers while practicing pronunciation. Following a pretest, the learners received training for 20–25 minutes weekly over nine weeks and took a posttest. Two types of data analyses were performed. First, native speakers of Mandarin auditorily rated the pretests and...
Paper Details
Title
Acquisition of L2 Mandarin Chinese tones with learner-created tone visualizations
Published Date
Jan 1, 2015
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
86 - 114
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