Two Innovations for Teaching Tones.

Bar-Lev, Zev

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ERIC Number: EJ447341

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Two Innovations for Teaching Tones.

Bar-Lev, Zev

Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, v26 n3 p1-24 Oct 1991

Presents a pair of innovations, originally developed and used for teaching Mandarin, that are now being applied to the teaching of Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Thai, involving a double system of representation to encourage easier pronunciation and long-term learning; and a special sequencing for presenting the tones. (36 references) (CB)

Descriptors: Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Oral Language, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Pronunciation Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Thai, Tone Languages, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Vietnamese

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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