我国大学生对多元英语口音的感知能力初探

语音感知能力是语言产出能力的基础。本研究以15个来自不同国家和地区人们朗读的英语片段为样本,考察了我国大学生对多元英语口音的感知能力。结果显示,未经培训的学生对重度口音有一定的感知能力,对轻度口音感知不敏感。经培训后,学生对轻度口音的感知能力和整体感知能力均有显著提升。研究还发现英语学习者对口音的感知能力与英语口语成绩显著相关。然而决定感知能力的因素还有待进一步发现。

Speech perception is the foundation of language production.The research uses 15 English samples read by people from different regions to test the competence of Chinese EFL to perceive different English accents.Results show that untrained students have a certain ability to perceive heavy accents,but are not sensitive to mild accents.After training,the students.perception of mild accents and overall perception have improved significantly.It has also found that English learners.competence of accent perception is significantly related to their oral English performance.However,the factors that determine this competence have yet to be discovered.