Perceptual Training on Lexical Stress Contrasts
A Study with Taiwanese Learners of English as a Foreign Language
Authors: Ou, Shu-chen
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- Presents novel findings from a perceptual training program that uses both falling and rising intonation
- Contains valuable information for those who design training courses on lexical stress for EFL learners
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- About this book
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This book presents the effects of perceptual training on the perception of English lexical stress in rising intonation by Mandarin-speaking EFL learners in Taiwan, and shows that these effects can be positive as well as negative. The book is of interest to researchers in lexical stress and intonation, or issues related to acquisition of L2 suprasegmentals and native-language impact on this process, as well as for those designing a training course on lexical stress for EFL learners, particularly those with a tone language background.
Learning to perceive non-native sound contrasts can be a formidable task, particularly when learners can’t rely on cues from their native-language experience. A case in point is Mandarin-speaking EFL learners’ perception of lexical stress. They can accurately identify the stress patterns of target words in sentences that have a falling intonation. However, they experience considerable difficulties when the target words are in questions, where the intonation is rising. Where most training studies use only stimuli produced in falling intonation, we implemented a perceptual training program to examine whether Mandarin-speaking EFL learners could learn to perceive English lexical stress in both falling intonation and rising intonation.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-6
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Perceptual Training: A Literature Review
Pages 7-33
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Training to Perceive English Lexical Stress in Rising Intonation: The Immediate Effects
Pages 35-59
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Training to Perceive English Lexical Stress in Rising Intonation: Generalizability and Retainability
Pages 61-83
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General Discussion and Conclusion
Pages 85-100
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Perceptual Training on Lexical Stress Contrasts
- Book Subtitle
- A Study with Taiwanese Learners of English as a Foreign Language
- Authors
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- Shu-chen Ou
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Linguistics
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-51133-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-51133-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-51132-6
- Series ISSN
- 2197-0009
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 124
- Number of Illustrations
- 25 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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