对大学英语专业一年级学生元音发音的研究-外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

Classified Index: H012 U.D.C.: 801.441 Graduation Thesis for the M. A. Degree A Study of Vowel Production by College First-Year English Majors Candidate:L Candidate: Liu Wen Supervisor: Prof. Ma L Academic Degree Applied for: Master of A Specialty: Foreign Li Affiliation: Dept. of F Date of Oral Examination: June 26, 2 Degree Conferring Institution : Harbin Ins rts nguistics and Applied Linguistics oreign Languages 006 titute of Technology HIT Graduation HIT Graduation Thesis for the MA Degree -I- -I- 摘要 语言是人类交流思想的工具，清晰易懂的语音则是人们进行顺利交流的 基础。语音作为与词汇、语法共同构成英语的三要素之一，在外语学习和日 常交流的过程中起着极其重要的作用。而元音发音则是英语语音学习中的重 点，若想有效地掌握英语语音必先辨别和学好元音的发音。 本论文研究的是以普通话为母语的大学英语专业一年级学生十一个英语 元音的发音情况。研究分为两部分，调查问卷形式用以考察学生对语音学习 的态度和重视程度，实验部分通过实地录音的方式取得实验样品，请母语者 对样品进行评估，再对评估结果进行统计分析，确定英语专业新生对英语元 音的实际掌握情况，并将十一个元音按发音的难度排序，以期为英语语音的 教学作参考，使教学者在具体的教学过程中有的放矢。 研究结果表明，英语专业新生认同语音学习的重要性并期望口音方面有 进一步的提高，但其元音发音的精确度较低。 对于一些与汉语普通话中的某 些音素相似的英语元音，学生的发音状况较之那些在普通话中没有相似配对 的元音要好，即/[/，/iy/，/Z/，/A/，/ow/，/ey/ 的发音好于/a/，/I/和/R/，但 有一对例外是/J/和/uw/。此外，一年级学生可以将元音/[/发地同母语者很近 似，其次是/iy/，/J/，/Z/，/A/，/ow/，/ey/，再次是/a/，/I/，/uw/，而/R/发音 情况最差，也最难。 关键词 英语元音；英语专业一年级学生；发音 -II- -II- Abstract Language is a tool for human beings to communicate thoughts. Clear and understandable pronunciation is a prerequisite for successful linguistic communication. Pronunciation, which plays an extremely important role in learning and daily communication, is one of the three basic elements of English in addition to lexicon and grammar. While vowels pronunciation is the pivot of English pronunciation learning, therefore, if one wants to master English pronunciation, he must pay more attention to vowel production. This thesis attempts to analyze the eleven vowel production of first-year English majors whose native language is Mandarin Chinese. The research has two parts. One part is carried out in the form of a questionnaire, which aims to reveal students’ attitude and the extent of recognition on pronunciation learning. The experiment part is about the eleven v