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Pronunciation Variation of /r/ in the Accented English of Chinese Learners

Authors
Jingyao Wang1, *
1China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100091, China
*Corresponding author. Email: ningqingyao2003@163.com
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Jingyao Wang
Available Online 18 July 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Second language learning; /r/ phoneme; TESOL; accent; phonology
Abstract

With more Chinese people choosing English as their second language, pronunciation errors garner increasing interest, particularly among ESL researchers. Taking certain words and sentences as martial, this paper aims to discover the pronunciation pattern when Chinese learners try to pronounce the phoneme /r/ in different English environments and to compare the pattern with Standard British English (SBE) and General American English (GAE). Participants are chosen from both the northern and southern parts of China, and Praat is used to analyze the recording. It is found that all of the participants tend to have differences when pronouncing word groups that involve the phonological distribution of /r/, and most of the patterns tend to like GAE, which is the most popular target accent teaching at school. The result of this paper can help language teachers be more specific when teaching students who target different English accents to learn the pronunciation phenomenon of /r/.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 July 2024
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10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_28
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-38476-265-1_28How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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