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Characteristics of Effective Auditory Training: Implications from Two Training Programs That Successfully Trained Nonnative Cantonese Tone Identification in Monolingual Mandarin and Bilingual Mandarin-Taiwanese Tone Speakers
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Wong, Puisan; Lam, Ka Yu – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: Auditory training is important in pedagogical and clinical settings. In search of a more effective perceptual program for training new suprasegmental categories, this study examined the effect of two auditory programs that incorporated five elements that have previously been identified to be effective for training nonnative segmental and…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Training, Program Effectiveness, Sino Tibetan Languages
Suprasegmental Features Are Not Acquired Early: Perception and Production of Monosyllabic Cantonese Lexical Tones in 4- to 6-Year-Old Preschool Children
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Wong, Puisan; Leung, Carrie Tsz-Tin – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: Previous studies reported that children acquire Cantonese tones before 3 years of age, supporting the assumption in models of phonological development that suprasegmental features are acquired rapidly and early in children. Yet, recent research found a large disparity in the age of Cantonese tone acquisition. This study investigated…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Intonation, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Perception
Perception and Production of Lexical Tones by 3-Year-Old, Mandarin-Speaking Children
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Wong, Puisan; Schwartz, Richard G.; Jenkins, James J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2005
The present study investigated 3-year-old children's perception and production of Mandarin lexical tones in monosyllabic words. Thirteen 3-year-old, Mandarin-speaking children participated in the study. Tone perception was examined by a picture-pointing task, and tone production was investigated by picture naming. To compare children's productions…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Mandarin Chinese, Young Children, Tone Languages