A Survey of English Phonetics Instruction in China

Pei, Zhengwei; Qin, Kerong

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“…Besides, both previous studies are Lintunen and Mäkilähde (2015), and Pei and Qin (2015) mentioned that learners tend to be unconfident in pronouncing English words. On the contrary, more than half of students tend to be more confident with it (statement 12).…”

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“…One of the less is conducted by involving 103 Indonesian EFL learners reported that they performed a positive attitude toward English phonetics teaching yet did not think that they need it for their future life. Additionally, research done by Pei and Qin (2015) reported that 70% of 64 participants thought that English phonetics is important and significant to help them pronounce better. The aforementioned discussion has implied that the study of English learners toward English phonetics is mostly positives, yet, less exploration on Indonesian EFL learners and English phonetics learning in Indonesia.…”

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Attitudes toward English phonetics learning: a survey on Indonesian EFL learners

Istiqomah

Lintangsari

Perdhani

2021

J. Eng. Foreign. Lang.

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Indonesian EFL learners face challenges in comprehending English phonemes as it becomes one of the significant predictors of English literacy. Hence, the English Phonetics subject is considered one of the most difficult ones, making the teaching and learning process less effective. Addressing Indonesian EFL learners’ attitudes toward English phonetics teaching is significant to improve phonetics teaching, yet, research on this has not received much attention. This present study was conducted to explore EFL learners’ attitudes toward English phonetic learning. A quantitative approach with survey design was employed involving 112 Indonesian EFL students. The researchers identified students’ attitudes using an adapted questionnaire from Lintunen and Mäkilähde (2015). Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 was utilized to analyze the data. The results indicate that Indonesian EFL students perform positive attitudes toward English phonetic learning, although they confess that phonetics is challenging. It implies that phonetics learning is potential and promising to support their English fluency; hence, lecturers need to make phonetics Learning more enjoyable, easier and participating in drawing the students' full engagement by considering their preferences and attitude toward phonetics learning.

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Attitudes toward English phonetics learning: a survey on Indonesian EFL learners

Istiqomah

Lintangsari

Perdhani

2021

J. Eng. Foreign. Lang.

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“…IPA teaching only has pronunciation methods, but the intonation depends on the individual teacher, so it will cause the accent problem of multiple intonations of a word. Chinese education experts say that English phonetics teaching has been marginalized in Chinese English classes, which has also led to pronunciation becoming a major obstacle for Chinese people to talk with foreigners [6]. It is difficult to correct in the future after being influenced by the wrong accent at the beginner stage.…”

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Comparing International Phonetic Alphabet Method and Natural Spelling Method in English Teaching of China

Fu¹

2023

Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)

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English education has a long history and a great influence in China. However, there are still many shortcomings and limitations in English education in China, a large part of which is due to the two existing mainstream English teaching methods in China. The Main findings of this paper were: 1) introduce the development history of English Teaching in China; 2) extend the description of the introduction and application of the two current English teaching methods: the International Phonetic Alphabet method and the Natural Spelling method; 3) give some suggestions and improvement methods based on a comparison and analyze the existing teaching methods in detail. This paper will inspire future researchers to develop better teaching programs for Chinese English learners with mainstream English teaching methods.

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“…Unfortunately, it appears that more attention is still paid to grammar and lexis despite the fact that pronunciation instruction is also a really essential part of teaching English systems (Pei & Qin, 2015;Gilakjani & Sabouri, 2016). Furthermore, motivation as one of the prerequisites for a successful educational process and opportunities for pronunciation practice are also vitally important (Bírová Ocovay, & Vasbieva, 2016).…”

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Pronunciation of English Dental Fricatives by Slovak University EFL Students

Metruk¹

2017

IJEL

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The article attempts to explore the difficulties in pronunciation of English dental fricatives by Slovak EFL university students. The primary objective of the study is to examine to what extent Slovak university students mispronounce [θ] and [ð] and which sounds act as substitutes for the two consonants. A total of 44 Slovak first-year university students whose major was Teaching English Language and Literature delivered unprepared English monologues, which were recorded on a computer. Subsequently, the files were sent to an English native speaker from Canada who performed an auditory analysis of pronunciation errors in the participants' utterances. The results indicate that English dental fricatives pose problems for Slovak EFL learners since a considerable number of participants mispronounced both voiced and voiceless dental fricative consonants. Finally, the study emphasizes the immense significance of pronunciation instruction as this area still appears to be rather neglected in the context of English language teaching in Slovakia.

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A Survey of English Phonetics Instruction in China

Cited by 4 publications

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Attitudes toward English phonetics learning: a survey on Indonesian EFL learners

Attitudes toward English phonetics learning: a survey on Indonesian EFL learners

Comparing International Phonetic Alphabet Method and Natural Spelling Method in English Teaching of China

Pronunciation of English Dental Fricatives by Slovak University EFL Students

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