摘要
The intelligibility of Thai speakers’English pronunciation from Chinese listeners’perspectives have not been analyzed deeply in current researches.As is known to all,the interconnection between China and Thailand is greatly developed with the sup⁃port of‘One Belt and One Road initiative’.However,it is inevitable for non-native English speakers to encounter some pronuncia⁃tion problems,which would affect them to communicate with each other.As for Chinese English learners,Thai accent to some ex⁃tent would be a great challenge during the conversation with Thai speakers.In order to promote a better communication,it is neces⁃sary to analyze the origin of Thai speakers’English pronunciation problems.Therefore,this research based on the previous studies to categorize the common pronunciation problems among Thai speakers.However,there are numerous English learners in Thailand that have various language proficiency.In this respect,two Thai speakers with different IELTS scores have been selected for com⁃parison,and six postgraduate students in the Education University of Hong Kong are invited to serve as a listener.As a result,this research will base on the listeners’feedback to highlight some suggestions to enhance the intelligibility of Thai speakers’pronun⁃ciation.
The intelligibility of Thai speakers’ English pronunciation from Chinese listeners’ perspectives have not been analyzeddeeply in current researches. As is known to all, the interconnection between China and Thailand is greatly developed with the support of‘One Belt and One Road initiative’. However, it is inevitable for non-native English speakers to encounter some pronunciation problems, which would affect them to communicate with each other. As for Chinese English learners, Thai accent to some extent would be a great challenge during the conversation with Thai speakers. In order to promote a better communication, it is necessary to analyze the origin of Thai speakers’ English pronunciation problems. Therefore, this research based on the previous studiesto categorize the common pronunciation problems among Thai speakers. However, there are numerous English learners in Thailandthat have various language proficiency. In this respect, two Thai speakers with different IELTS scores have been selected for comparison, and six postgraduate students in the Education University of Hong Kong are invited to serve as a listener. As a result, thisresearch will base on the listeners’ feedback to highlight some suggestions to enhance the intelligibility of Thai speakers’ pronunciation.
出处
《海外英语》
2020年第2期112-117,共6页
Overseas English
