This study,which is about pre-listening activities in language comprehension,seeks to obtain a better understanding of Chinese EFL students’listening comprehension in relation to radio news broadcasts.It investigates...This study,which is about pre-listening activities in language comprehension,seeks to obtain a better understanding of Chinese EFL students’listening comprehension in relation to radio news broadcasts.It investigates listeners’evaluation of the effects of pre-listening activities involving three listening texts with three kinds of different pre-listening activities.The findings yielded that the pre-listening activities had some impact on influencing the listeners’listening comprehension and it differed for effective and less-effective listeners.展开更多
Listening comprehension,a long-neglected area in English language teaching,was not taught as a separate course in our schools until the early 1980s.“Yet ithas been estimated that of the time adults spend in communica...Listening comprehension,a long-neglected area in English language teaching,was not taught as a separate course in our schools until the early 1980s.“Yet ithas been estimated that of the time adults spend in communication activities 45per cent is devoted to listening,only 30 per cent to speaking,16 per cent to read-ing,and a mere 9 per cent to writing.”Listening can and ought to be taughtapart from speaking;it has its peculiar problems.There’s just as much activity展开更多
a perfect piano performance needs excellent playing competence and outstanding artistic contents. Musical expression is the soul of piano playing. If a player lacks of abundant attainments and solid skills, it will be...a perfect piano performance needs excellent playing competence and outstanding artistic contents. Musical expression is the soul of piano playing. If a player lacks of abundant attainments and solid skills, it will be difficult for him/her to express the emotion of the opuses. As listeners’ aesthetic quality is increasing constantly, the emotional skill of piano playing is important. This paper expounded the definition and functions of musical expression, and discussed the methods for improving musical expression of piano from the perspective of listeners.展开更多
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...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.展开更多
目的探究言语刺激强度对健听者听配能的影响。方法选取38例健听成人,采用语速x刺激强度的言语理解测试范式,将瞳孔扩张听配能测量和听觉任务完成准确度及反应速度相结合,观察阈上范围内20 dB SPL的强度变化对听配能和任务表现的影响。...目的探究言语刺激强度对健听者听配能的影响。方法选取38例健听成人,采用语速x刺激强度的言语理解测试范式,将瞳孔扩张听配能测量和听觉任务完成准确度及反应速度相结合,观察阈上范围内20 dB SPL的强度变化对听配能和任务表现的影响。结果语速对平均瞳孔扩张有显著影响(P<0.001,η_(p)^(2)=0.618),但刺激强度对平均瞳孔扩张无显著影响(P=0.213,η_(p)^(2)=0.040)。增加言语刺激强度能够显著提升任务反应速度(P=0.043,η_(p)^(2)=0.099),在正常语速下,还能够显著提升言语理解准确度(P<0.001,η_(p)^(2)=0.374)。结论健听人群听觉舒适阈范围内将言语声刺激强度增加20 dB SPL能够提高聆听效率,但该效应可能并不是通过改变可听度或唤醒度,从而影响听配能结果,可能是改变听觉处理速度。展开更多
文摘This study,which is about pre-listening activities in language comprehension,seeks to obtain a better understanding of Chinese EFL students’listening comprehension in relation to radio news broadcasts.It investigates listeners’evaluation of the effects of pre-listening activities involving three listening texts with three kinds of different pre-listening activities.The findings yielded that the pre-listening activities had some impact on influencing the listeners’listening comprehension and it differed for effective and less-effective listeners.
文摘Listening comprehension,a long-neglected area in English language teaching,was not taught as a separate course in our schools until the early 1980s.“Yet ithas been estimated that of the time adults spend in communication activities 45per cent is devoted to listening,only 30 per cent to speaking,16 per cent to read-ing,and a mere 9 per cent to writing.”Listening can and ought to be taughtapart from speaking;it has its peculiar problems.There’s just as much activity
文摘a perfect piano performance needs excellent playing competence and outstanding artistic contents. Musical expression is the soul of piano playing. If a player lacks of abundant attainments and solid skills, it will be difficult for him/her to express the emotion of the opuses. As listeners’ aesthetic quality is increasing constantly, the emotional skill of piano playing is important. This paper expounded the definition and functions of musical expression, and discussed the methods for improving musical expression of piano from the perspective of listeners.
文摘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.
文摘目的探究言语刺激强度对健听者听配能的影响。方法选取38例健听成人,采用语速x刺激强度的言语理解测试范式,将瞳孔扩张听配能测量和听觉任务完成准确度及反应速度相结合,观察阈上范围内20 dB SPL的强度变化对听配能和任务表现的影响。结果语速对平均瞳孔扩张有显著影响(P<0.001,η_(p)^(2)=0.618),但刺激强度对平均瞳孔扩张无显著影响(P=0.213,η_(p)^(2)=0.040)。增加言语刺激强度能够显著提升任务反应速度(P=0.043,η_(p)^(2)=0.099),在正常语速下,还能够显著提升言语理解准确度(P<0.001,η_(p)^(2)=0.374)。结论健听人群听觉舒适阈范围内将言语声刺激强度增加20 dB SPL能够提高聆听效率,但该效应可能并不是通过改变可听度或唤醒度,从而影响听配能结果,可能是改变听觉处理速度。
