美国留学生汉语口语产出的流利性研究

Chinese Oral Fluency of CSL Learners of American English Speakers

流利性是研究第二语言学习者语言能力的重要维度。本文对中、高级汉语水平的美国留学生汉语口语产出的流利性特征进行了实验分析,并将中国人的发音语料作为基线数据进行比较。研究结果发现,口语流利性特征从中级到高级的发展是非线性的;停顿时长容易受到性别因素和语言水平交互作用的影响,其他流利性特征不受性别因素的制约;充实停顿频率的发展达到了汉语母语者水平,其他流利性特征都落后于汉语母语者水平。

Fluency has proved a useful measure of second language performance. This study compared the oral fluency of Mandarin from intermediate and advanced level CLS learners of American English speakers to Chinese native speakers. The finding shows the nonlinear process of the oral fluency development. Pause length is easily affected by the interactions of sex and language profi- ciency while the other six features are not affected by sex. For the advanced CLS learners of American English speakers, all oral fluency features except filled pause frequency are not as good as Chi- nese native speakers.