低年级儿童英语学习者语音习得常见错误研究

本文对陕西地区低年级儿童英语学习者的发音常误进行了分析,总结了低年级儿童英语学习者常见的发音错误类型及规律。研究发现,对于低年级儿童英语学习者来说,替代错误在发音错误数量中所占比重最大,包括如单元音/i:/与/i/及双元音/ei/的互相替换,单元音/e/与/■/的互相混淆等;辅音如摩擦音/θ/与/■/,/s/与/z/,鼻音/n/与边音/l/以及半元音/w/与摩擦音/v/之间的混淆等。加音错误数量所占比重次之;省音错误数量所占比重较少。研究同时发现低年级英语学习者英语语音的习得会受到汉语母语的影响。

儿童英语学习者社会语言能力分析

语言交际能力包括语法、语篇、社会语言和策略四个维度,本研究结合儿童中介语语料的特征对该框架中社会语言维度的关键指标进行了修订,并以三个儿童英语学习者基于任务的口语语料为例进行了分析。结果发现:相邻语对、话轮、修补和回应是儿童外语交际能力评价的有效指标,是解释儿童外语能力差异的有效途径。

“沉默期假设”与少儿英语听力活动设计

听力理解能力决定着外语学习者目标语信息吸收量的大小,当然也就影响着学习效果。通过探讨分析语言学习初期的"沉默期"及其存在条件,对比外语学习与第一语言习得的相似性,在少儿英语课堂上应该加大听力理解内容的比重。根据"沉默期假设理论",结合中国外语教学实践,少儿英语听力活动设计的基本原则是:含有动作,可重复某些语言单位,能够预测故事的下一个情节,以及信息转移任务。

The Effects of Phonological Awareness Training on the Reading Performance by Child EFL Learners in China

The present study explores the effects of phonological awareness training of child EFL learners in China on their reading performances. Eighty grade one Chinese children from two intact primary school classes participated in the study. The treatment class received a 10-week English phonological awareness training, while the contrast class did not receive any training. Both pre-test and post-test were administered to all participants, including English assessment, phonological awareness measures and English reading measures. The results show that the treatment class outperformed the contrast class in the post-test in reading measures and phonological awareness measures; phonological awareness positively correlated with children＇s early reading performance; phoneme tasks were strong predictors of Child EFL learners＇ early reading performance.