工程教育专业认证背景下大学英语语音现状个案研究

A Case Study of College English Pronunciation in the Context of Engineering Education Accreditation

在工程教育专业认证背景下,以安徽工业大学2017级非英语专业大一学生为研究对象,通过问卷调查,对英语语音基础现状、对开设语音课的态度以及在语音学习中的困难这三个方面展开调研。结果显示,90%以上的受访者在中小学并没有系统全面地学习过语音知识;61.7%的受访学生认为有必要在非英语专业新生中开设语音课;73.5%的受访者认为有必要单独开设英语语音选修课;就语音学习中的困难而言,受访者认为最难发的英语音标为双元音,其次是鼻音,随后是浊辅音。

Under the context of engineering education accreditation,taking 2017 non-English Major Freshmen of Anhui University of technology as the research object,a questionnaire survey is made to investigate the present situation of English pronunciation foundation,the attitude towards opening pronunciation course and the difficulties in pronunciation learning.Results show that:first,more than 90%of the respondents have not systematically and comprehensively learned pronunciation knowledge in primary and secondary schools;second,61.7%of the respondents think it is necessary to set up pronunciation course for non-English major freshmen;third,73.5%of the respondents think it is necessary to set up an optional English pronunciation course independently;last,as far as the difficulties in pronunciation learning are concerned,the most difficult English phonetic symbol is diphthong,consecutively followed by nasal sound and voiced consonant.