写作_安康方言对英语语音学习的负迁移研究.doc

学 号 分类号 H07 年 月 日 A study on Negative Transfer of Ankang Dialect in English Phonetic Learning Abstract: Comparing with the standard Chinese, Ankang dialect has its own characteristics in phonetics, so confusion between Standard English pronunciation and Ankang accent, especially obvious in Ankang area. So it is necessary for English teachers in Ankang to study on the negative transfer of Ankang dialect and find out effective ways to teach English phonetics. This paper based on phonetics and the negative transfer theory. The author made an investigation of students’ English pronunciation problems and an analysis of factors influencing English pronunciation learning by questionnaires and pronunciation tests, and proposes the effective teaching methods to solve the problems. Key words: Ankang dialect; English pronunciation; Negative transfer; 安康方言对英语语音的负迁移 Abstract in English i Abstract in Chinese ii Contents iii 1. Introduction 1 2. Literature Review 1 2.1 Study abroad 2 2.2 Study at home 3 3. Sound systems of English and Ankang dialect 3 3.1 Phonetic System of English 3 3.1.1 The Consonants of English 3 3.1.2 The Vowels of English 4 3.2 The phonetics system between Mandarin and Ankang dialect 5 4. Research design 5 4.1 Testing materials 6 4.1.1 Test materials of English Consonants 6 4.1.2 Test Materials of English Vowels 6 4.2 Participants 7 4.3 Instruments 7 4.3.1 Questionnaire 7 4.3.2 The Audio Tape Recording 7 4.4 Procedure of Experiment 8 5. Data Analysis and Discussion 8 5.1 The results of questionnaire 8 5.2 Problems Found through the Test Materials 9 5. 2. 1 Negative transfer on the consonants 9 5.2.2 Negative transfer in vowel sounds 10 6. The strategy of overcoming the negative transfer 11 6.1 Solutions for vowels 12 6.2 Solutions for consonants 13 7. Conclusion 14 References 15 Acknowledgements 16 Appendix 17 1. Introduction Chinese students learning English phonetics is generally influenced by mother tongue spe