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Pitch Ability as an Aptitude for Tone Learning
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Bowles, Anita R.; Chang, Charles B.; Karuzis, Valerie P. – Language Learning, 2016
Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use pitch in this manner. The present study examined components of an aptitude for mastering L2 lexical tone. Native English speakers with no previous tone language experience…
Descriptors: Intonation, Tone Languages, Mandarin Chinese, Transfer of Training
Learning a Tonal Language by Attending to the Tone: An in Vivo Experiment
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Liu, Ying; Wang, Min; Perfetti, Charles A.; Brubaker, Brian; Wu, Sumei; MacWhinney, Brian – Language Learning, 2011
Learning the Chinese tone system is a major challenge to students of Chinese as a second or foreign language. Part of the problem is that the spoken Chinese syllable presents a complex perceptual input that overlaps tone with segments. This complexity can be addressed through directing attention to the critical features of a component (tone in…
Descriptors: College Students, Spelling, Computer Interfaces, Mandarin Chinese
Training English and Chinese Listeners to Perceive Thai Tones: A Preliminary Report
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Wayland, Ratree P.; Guion, Susan G. – Language Learning, 2004
The ability of native English (NE) and native Chinese (NC) speakers to identify and discriminate the mid-versus the lowtone contrast in Thai was investigated before and after auditory training. The variables under investigation were first language background and the interstimulus interval (ISI) of the presentation (500 ms vs. 1500 ms). The NC…
Descriptors: Thai, Auditory Training, Tone Languages, Second Language Instruction